his later years, his music was simpler, and he wrote many hymns. The tendency of the Council of Trent at this time was to encourage relatively simple music in which the words could be clearly understood; Jacquet was both following this trend, and showing the natural development of a style which had embraced complex polyphony early, and which later sought simplicity and clarity. Recordings 2015 - Jacquet of Mantua: Missa Surge Petre & motets. The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor). Hyperion CDA68088. 2003 - Jachet de Mantoue: Lamentations de Jérémie. Ensemble Jachet de Mantoue. Calliope CAL 9340. Notes References Article "Jacquet of Mantua", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. External links 1483 births 1559 deaths People from Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine French classical composers French male classical composers Renaissance composers Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine