Jan Belle

1545 - 1566) was a Flemish composer from the Franco-Flemish School and a music theorist.

[1] Between 1546 and 1547, Belle was a magister duodenorum (master of the choirboys) at the Holy Cross Church in Liège.

He may also have been a Kapellmeister (succentor) at the Church of Our Lady in Sint-Truiden.

[1] Jan Belle was a composer as well as a music theorist.

[1] In 1572, Petrus Phalesius the Elder in Leuven and Johannes Bellerus in Antwerp co-published under the title Een Duytsch musyck boeck an anthology of Dutch songs by various composers.

Title page of Een Duytsch musyck boeck published by Phalesius and Bellerus in 1572
Jan Belle's Fluer van alle vrouwen soet from 'Een Duytsch musyck boeck', 1572