Jean De Castro: 4 vols. Opera omnia - Castro, Jean de c. 1540-c. 1600; Bossuyt, Ignace (Leuven Leuven University Press, 1993)
vol. 1: Sonets, avec une chanson... livre premier (1592) -- Chansons, stanses, sonets, et epigrammes... livre second (1592) vol. 2: Bicinia seu duarum vocum cantiones aliquot sacrae ... (1593) vol. 3: Il primo libro di madrigali, canzoni e motetti a tre voci ... (1569) vol. 4: Triciniorum sacrorum ... liber unus (1574)
Jean de Castro (Liège, c. 1540 – 1611) was a Belgian composer. Although he has virtually been forgotten in the revival of renaissance music he was during his life second only to Lassus in his popularity according to the Antwerp printer-publisher Christophe Plantin.
Despite the Spanish-sounding name Castro was a local from Liège, referred to as "nostre Castro" by the poet Etienne de Walcourt. He worked in Antwerp in the 1570s and was maitre de chapelle to the Duke of Juliers, Liège, in 1580.
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); 20th Century (1901-2000); Vocal music; Trio; Song; Madrigal; Motet; Flanders (Belgium)