Jakub Sowa

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Jakub Sowa (-1594) is a Polish composer. He is theorized to be the scribe of the Warsaw Musical Society Tablature.

See also: Warsaw Musical Society Tablature

Description

Sowa was the organist of the court of King Sigismund III and a member of the chapel under Asprilio Pacelli in 1590. In 1594, he was murdered by a cook for unknown reasons while he was accompanying the King on a trip to Sweden.

Works

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Works by Jakub Sowa[Citation needed]
Source Title Incipit Notes Ref.
Warsaw Musical Society Tablature f.8v-9r Salve Regina mater
<< \relative a' { \time 4/2 a1 g a d, a'4 g a bes } \\ \relative d' { R\breve R d1 } >>
Warsaw Musical Society Tablature f.11v-13r [?]
<< \relative d' { \clef bass \time 4/2 d1 d f d f } \\ \relative d { r1 d d f d } \\ \relative a { R\breve r1 a1 a  } >>
Warsaw Musical Society Tablature f.13v-14r Kyrie pascale / JS
<< \relative g' { \time 4/2 g1 a c a a2 d2.*2/3  } \\ \relative c' { R\breve c1 d f  } >>

References

The organ tablature of Warsaw Musical Society. Antiquitates musicae in Polonia vol. 15. Warsaw: Warsaw University Press, (1976?)