Anton Gosswin, or Antoine Gosswin, also Jusswein, Jussonius, Cossiono, Gossovino, Josquinus (prob. Liege – Freising, Liege or Bonn between 2 June 1597 and 28 October 1598), was a Flemish composer.

Life

He is documented as a singer at Munich Court in 1568, he was then appointed court Kapellmeister at Landshut in 1569 to return to Munich in 1570, as organist at the Peterskirche in 1577. In 1580 he became Kapellmeister to the Bishop of Freising.

Anton Gosswin

Works

Sacred

Cantiones, 4vv (Nuremberg, 1581); lost

Cantiones sacrae, 5, 6vv (Nuremberg, 1583); lost

Ad te levavi oculos meos, 6vv, 1583

Laetatus sum, 6vv, 1583

Missa a cappella, 4vv

Missa super 'Cognovi Domine', 4vv

Missa ferialis, 5vv

Missa super 'Le mois de mai'

Missa super 'Missus est angelus', 5vv

Missa super 'Vrai Dieu, disait', 4vv

1 other mass

In te Domine speravi, 3vv

Iste est Johannes, 5vv, lost

Secular

Newe teutsche Lieder ... welche gantz lieblich zu singen, auch auff allerley Instrumenten zu gebrauchen, 3vv (Nuremberg, 1581) Madrigali, 5vv (Nuremberg, 1615), lost Eolo crudel come turbasti l'onde, 5vv Qual meraviglia, 5vv Non trovo cosa alcuna s'io non pago, 5vv

Anton Gosswin

Recordings

Antoine Gosswin: Selected Works Le Miroir de Musique, Baptiste Romain. Ricercar 2023

Anton Gosswin

Notes

Sources

Lavern J. Wagner's article in New Grove Dictionary of Music

External links

Biography at HOASM

1540s births

1590s deaths

16th-century Franco-Flemish composers