composers as a cantus firmus for the Mass. This piece, a quodlibet, is probably datable to May 1464; it seems to have been written as a departure gift for another court composer, Simon le Breton. Another of his rondeaux, Le souvenir de vous me tue, was exceedingly famous, and copies of this piece were widely disseminated in Europe. All of Morton's surviving music is in French, not surprising since it all dates from his time in Burgundy. Melodically it is somewhat simpler than the music of his contemporaries such as Hayne or Antoine Busnois. The music theorist and writer Johannes Tinctoris wrote glowingly of Morton, mentioning that he was "world-famous". Even though much of his music must have been lost—including any sacred music—he seems to have been influential on other composers at the court of Burgundy, and several of his compositions were used as source material for masses by later composers, including Josquin des Prez. Works Attribution considered secure Cousine trop vous abusés (rondeau, 3vv) Il sera pour vous conbatu/L'homme armé (quodlibet; rondeau, 3vv; in another source a fourth voice is added) Le souvenir de vous me tue (rondeau, 3vv) Mon bien ma joyeux (rondeau, 3vv) N'aray je jamais mieulx que j'ay (rondeau, 3vv) Paracheve ton entreprise (rondeau, 3vv) Plus j'ay le monde (rondeau, 3vv) Que pourroit plus faire une dame (rondeau, 3vv) Doubtful C'est temps perdu Elend du hast umbfangen mich (also known as Vive ma dame par amours) Pues serviçio vos desplaze Vien avante morte dolente References David Fallows, "Robert Morton", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. David Fallows, "Robert Morton", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed September 11, 2005), (subscription access) Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. External links 1430 births 1479 deaths Year of birth uncertain English classical composers Renaissance composers Burgundian school composers French classical composers French male classical composers