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Topic: 1592–93 Malta plague epidemic
Location: Cuneo Piemonte Italy

Loyset Compère

Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
Years: 1445 - 1518

Loyset Compère (c. 1445 – August 16, 1518) is a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance.

Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he is one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of this era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate Renaissance style to France.