Summary In memoriam Gerhard Croll (1927-2019) Gaspar van Weerbeke was one of the most successful Franco-Flemish musicians of the second half of the fifteenth century, holding prestigious positions in the Sforza court in Milan, the Burgundian court chapel, and the papal chapel in Rome. His compositions were widely transmitted in manuscript and print sources throughout Europe, and he was one of the best represented composers in the early Italian music prints of Ottaviano Petrucci. Despite the high esteem of his contemporaries, Gaspar has up to now played only a peripheral role in Renaissance music historiography. This book is the first collection of research articles dedicated exclusively to the life and works of Gaspar. While the basic facts of Gaspar's life have long been known, the book fleshes out the details, presenting a more differentiated and complex picture of his biography. Analysis of a wide range of Gaspar's compositional output leads to new interpretations of his approach to different genres: masses, motets, and motet cycles. His relatively small quantity of songs is revisited in light of the confusion-both then and now-over the meaning and validity of their attributions. This book seeks to promote further research on this composer and place him in his appropriate place in music history. TABLE OF CONTENTS Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl & Paul Kolb, Introduction Part I. Biographical aspects Klaus Pietschmann, Seven Reasons for Italy: Gaspar van Weerbeke's Career between Flanders, Milan, and Rome Paul A. Merkley, Weerbeke in Milan: Court and Colleagues Sean Gallagher, Belle promesse e facti nulla: A Letter to Weerbeke and the Treatment of Singers in Florence and Milan Laurence Fagnart, Gaspar Depicted? Leonardo's Portrait of a Musician Grantley McDonald, Gaspar van Weerbeke as a Member of the Burgundian Chapel Jeannette DiBernardo Jones, Gaspar van Weerbeke and France: The Poetic Witness of Guillaume Crétin Part II. Masses and Motets Fabrice Fitch, 'Under the Radar' or 'Caught in the Crossfire'? The Music of Gaspar van Weerbeke and its Reception History Agnese Pavanello, Weerbeke's Stylistic Repertoire: New Insights from the Marian Motets Fabrice Fitch, The Cycle as Modular Composition: The Motetti missales of Gaspar van Weerbeke Wolfgang Fuhrmann, Another 'Most laudable competition'? Gaspar, Josquin, Regis, and the Virgin in Distress Paul Kolb, A New Mass and its Implications for Gaspar's Late Mass Style Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl, Petrucci's Gaspar: Sources, Editing, and Reception Part III. Secular Music David Fallows, Gaspar and Japart: The Secular Works, with Particular Reference to Basevi 2442 and a Word about Fridolin Sicher Carlo Bosi, Caught in the Web of Texts: The Chanson Family Bon vin/Bon temps and the Disputed Identity Eric Jas, La stangetta Reconsidered: Weerbeke, Isaac, and the Late Fifteenth-Century Tricinium Bibliography, General Index, Index of Works