Career
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, Mississippi 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 West. 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.