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Tielman Susato
Person · male · Habsburg Netherlands · Soest · born 1500 · died 1570 · recording since 1955
Flemish Renaissance composer
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Also known as Susato · T. 苏萨托 · Tielmann Susato · Tylman Susato · ティールマン・スザート
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1500s
1570s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: 9 Chansons / 16 Danserye
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2020s
Biography
English biography496 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1338545162
Biography
Tielman (or Tylman) Susato (c. 1510/15 – after 1570) was a Renaissance composer, instrumentalist and publisher of music in Antwerp.
Biography
While Susato's exact place of birth is unknown, some scholars believe that because of his name—Susato meaning de Soest, of the town of Soest — he may be from the town of that name in Westphalia, or the town of Soest in The Netherlands.
Not much is known about his early life, but he begins appearing in various Antwerp archives of around 1530 working as a calligrapher as well as an instrumentalist: trumpet, flute and tenor pipe are listed as instruments that he owned.
In 1543, he founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Low Countries. He could be found in Antwerp, "At the Sign of the Crumhorn." Until Susato set up his press in Antwerp, music printing had been done mainly in Italy, France and Germany. Soon afterwards, Susato was joined by Petrus Phalesius the Elder in Leuven and Christopher Plantin, also in Antwerp, and the Low Countries became a regional center of music publishing. It is possible that Susato also ran a musical instrument business, and he attempted several times to form partnerships with other publishers but none was successful. In 1561 his son Jacob Susato, who died in 1564, took over his publishing business. Tielman Susato first moved to Alkmaar, North Holland, and later to Sweden. The last known record of him dates from 1570.
Susato was also an accomplished composer. He wrote (and published) several books of masses and motets which are in the typical imitative polyphonic style of the time. He also wrote two books of chansons which were specifically designed to be sung by young, inexperienced singers: they are for only two or three voices. Most important of his publications in terms of distribution and influence were the Souterliedekens of Clemens non Papa, which were metrical psalm settings in Dutch, using the tunes of popular songs. They were hugely popular in the Netherlands in the 16th century.
Susato was also a prolific composer of instrumental music, and much of it is still recorded and performed today. He produced one book of dance music in 1551, Het derde musyck boexken ... alderhande danserye, composed of pieces in simple but artistic arrangement. Most of these pieces are dance forms (allemandes, galliards, and so forth).
Often Susato dedicated his publications to prominent citizens of the town. Sometimes he devoted an entire volume to the works of one composer (for example Manchicourt and Crecquillon). Not surprisingly, he seems to have favored other Flemish composers as subjects for publication. He was also one of the first to publish music of the acclaimed late Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus.
Susato is the namesake of the Belgium based Susato Trio and of the Susato line of woodwind instruments from the Kelischek Workshop for Historical Instruments.
Videos
Tielman Susato: Rondo 1: pour quoy played by Classical Jam
Tielman Susato: Bergerette played by Classical Jam
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -385 | 0.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1955 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 43:02
A1.1Belle pour l'amour de vous (4stimmig)1:21A1.2Triste suis (3stimmig)2:36A1.3Pourquoy non (4stimmig)3:50A2.1Vray dieu ! Qui me confortera2:21A2.2Entrée suis en pensée (4stimmig)1:20A2.3Il me fait mal (3stimmig)2:26A3.1Et qui dira2:00A3.2Autant en emporte le vent2:54A3.3Anima mea (4stimmig)3:06B1.1Ronde 40:45B1.2Allemaigne 51:12B1.3Salterelle0:42B1.4Branle "De post"1:20B2.1Ronde 7 : "Il estoit une fillette"1:00B2.2Allemaigne1:26B2.3Basse danse 21:37B2.4Reprise aliud1:36B3.1Passe et medio1:08B3.2Reprinse et medio0:55B3.3Allemaigne 61:15B3.4Ronde 91:49B4.1Pavane 1 "Mille regretz"2:26B4.2Branle 11:10B4.3Pavane la dona1:23B4.4Gaillarde la dona1:241993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 38 tracks · 1:06:17
1Danserye: Fanfare2:042Danserye: Passe et medio / Reprise “Le pingne”1:293Danserye: Bergeret “Sans roch” / Reprise3:114Danserye: Ronde I “Pour quoy”2:025Danserye: Ronde VII “Il estoit une fillette”2:296Danserye: Ronde III1:277Danserye: Ronde IV0:448Danserye: Ronde V “Wo bistu”0:579Danserye: Ronde VI / Saltarelle1:5110Danserye: Ronde IX / Reprise aliud (III)1:5611Danserye: Bergerette “Dont vient cela” / Reprise (I)2:2012Danserye: Danse de Hercules oft maticine / De matrigale2:0613Danserye: De Post0:5514Danserye: Quatre branles1:5815Danserye: Fagot0:5116Danserye: Den hoboecken dans1:4917Danserye: Basse danse “Mon desir” / Reprise “Le cueur est bon”3:4718Danserye: Allemainge I / Recoupe I3:3019Danserye: Allemainge II1:0220Danserye: Allemainge III2:0121Danserye: Allemainge V “Der Bettler Tantz”0:4622Danserye: Allemainge VI0:3123Danserye: Allemainge VII0:3824Danserye: Allemainge VIII “Allemande du Prince” / Recoupe VIIIa / Recoupe VIIIb “Aliud den Tenor voer den discant”1:3225Danserye: Bergerette “La Brosse”2:1126Danserye: Pavane V “La Bataille”4:3527Danserye: Pavane I “Mille regretz”1:5728Danserye: Gaillarde II1:0729Danserye: Gaillarde XI0:4430Danserye: Gaillarde IX0:3931Danserye: Gaillarde IV1:3732Danserye: Gaillarde VII1:2833Danserye: Gaillarde X “Mille ducas”1:2934Danserye: Gaillarde III1:2235Danserye: Gaillarde XV “Le tout”1:4036Danserye: Danse du Roy / Reprise “Le ioly boys”2:3037Danserye: Basse danse “Entre du fol”1:0638Danserye: La morisque1:56Dance Music of the High Renaissance, Volume 2
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 55 tracks · 1:16:10
1Alamande "Est-Ce Mars"1:582Oy Me, Oy Me Dolente2:303A Maske1:564Saltavan Ninfe1:165Canzon2:516Entree Du Fol1:387Bergerette 'Sans Roch'2:088Pavane Et Gaillarde 'Mille Ducats'0:419Gaillarde 10:3910Gaillarde 130:4111Gaillarde 'Le Tout'0:4012Allemande 50:4813Allemande 8 Et Tripla1:5014Ronde 31:0615Branle 'Mon Amy'2:4416Schiarazula Marazzula1:4617Fantaisie0:5418Gaillarde Ferrarese1:0719Allemande De Liege0:5220Gaillarde 'La Brune'1:0121Autre Fantaisie1:2322Passamezzo D'Italie, Reprinse, Et Gaillarde Sur Le Passamezzo1:1523Hoboken Dans0:4624Gaillarde Traditore1:0925Laroque Gaillarde1:1226Branle de Champaigne 40:5427Branle de Champaigne 60:5828Branle de Bourgoigne0:5029Branle de Poitou Simple1:0930Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 11:2431Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 21:2232Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 31:1233Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 40:5934Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 51:1135Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 61:2936Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 71:4037Eight Courtly Masking Ayres A 6 (Six Parts): Part 81:2838Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 11:2939Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 21:1240Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 32:2041Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 41:0542Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 51:4243Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 61:3444Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 71:3645Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 80:4946Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 91:0247Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 101:4248Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 111:0949Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 121:2350Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 132:1451Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 141:2252Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 152:0453Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 161:2554Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 171:3055Eighteen Courtly Masking Ayres: Part 181:052023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:14:56
1Mille regretz fera mon povre cueur3:432Je suis aymé2:183Mort m’a privé2:144Triste départ2:595Mon Amy1:276Nymphes des bois4:077Mille regretz1:558Les miens aussi2:019Si de present peine j’endure3:3010Pere eternel3:1411Missa In illo tempore: Sanctus6:4612Missa In illo tempore: Agnus Dei4:5913Hoboecken dans1:3414Le bergier et la bergiere1:1315Si par trop boire1:2116Ronde1:1417Een venus schoon2:3018Ave stella matutina6:0319O wrede fortune1:4820Perch’io veggio3:2821Wo bistu1:1722Nil homini firmum est1:4523Madonna mia, pietà5:1024Salve quae roseo8:20
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Tielman Susato head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -385 | 0.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tielman_Susato_Gravure.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c6b0759-9af0-4a62-b1c8-6926432e63d2discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c6b0759-9af0-4a62-b1c8-6926432e63d2core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547783seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tielman_Susatobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Image: Printer: Tielman Susato · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q547783 · MusicBrainz: 6c6b0759-9af0-4a62-b1c8-6926432e63d2