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Died 1 August 1509, The Hague, Netherlands | ||
Mijn morken gaf mij een jonck wijff
Count Hieronymus Lauweryn or Jerome Laurinus of Watervliet was a courtier at the courts of Philip the Handsome, to whom he was treasurer, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Margaret of Austria. Of common origins, the lordship of Watervliet was awarded to Hieronymus by Philip in 1507 He married twice His son Matthias Lauweryn, or Matthias Laurinus (d.1540), the second lord of Watervliet, was well known to Erasmus. He was responsible for the construction of the Church of Our Lady's Ascension in Watervliet.
He is primarily remembered for having commissioned the chansonnier which is named after him, British Library, Ms. Add. 35087, around 1505/6 in Bruges. His chansonnier contains works by Alexander Agricola, Loyset Compère, Jean Mouton and Josquin. The songs are mainly in French, 36, and Dutch, 25, with 2 Italian works and then 15 Latin works, one of them a Latin-French double-texted motet-chanson.
An edition with an introduction by W. McMurtry was published by Alamire Music Publishers in 1989, and a selection of songs, including all Dutch songs, of the chansonnier recorded on 2 CDs by the Egidius Kwartet in 2007.