Anthony
Susato was born in Cologne
I read he was born is Soest (The Netherlands), hence his name.
We were both right, but I was wrong in assuming Soest in The Netherlands,
there is another Soest. This is what the New Grove has to say:
Susato, Tylman [Tielman]
(b c1510-1515, Soest, nr Dortmund; d ?Sweden, 1570 or later). Music
publisher, composer and instrumentalist, active in the southern Netherlands.
His birthdate is based on a document of 1565 which states he was about 50
years old ('out omtrent L jaren'). His place of birth, also suggested to be
Soestdijk, near Utrecht, is clearly in the environs of Cologne (probably
Soest in Westphalia): he refers to himself as 'Tilemannus Susato Agrippinus'
(the Roman name for Cologne) in two publications, he is described in 1561 as
'Thielman Suzato, geboeren van Coelen' and in 1563 as one born outside the
lands of the Emperor. Further, he was granted a subsidy in 1542 by the city
of Antwerp for bringing a new trade from outside. Documentation confirms
that he was the son of another Tylman (Thielmanssone); his father may have
been the blind musician 'Tielman dem blynden' mentioned in a 1508 Corpus
Christi procession in Cologne. Some confusion has been caused by Susato's
reference to Dutch as 'our mother tongue' in his first book of Dutch songs
(1551); however, this is logical considering his residence of more than 20
years in Antwerp and the audience to whom the print is addressed.
David
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