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Jacob Obrect [latinized as Obertus] was, according to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, a Netherlandish composer who worked mainly in Flanders, but also visited Italy and died of plague there. Wrote Masses, motets and secular songs, showing some emotional characteristics foreshadowing the expressive art of Josquin des Préz.

Sheet Music:
Sheet music at SheetMusicPlus.com
Websites:
CCD: Obrecht, Jacob (1450-1505) , biography etc.
Obrecht, Jacob (1450-1505) , biography and works by naxos.com.
Books:
[§] Born for the Muses: The Life and Masses of Jacob Obrecht by Rob C. Wegman amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
[§] Johannes Ockeghem and Jacob Obrecht : A Guide to Research by Martin Picker amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca

Recorder Music CDs:
CD tracks/info René Clemencic et ses Flûtes by René Clemencic amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info René Clemencic et ses Flûtes by René Clemencic amazon.co.uk amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Jacob Obrecht: The secular works by Saskia Coolen amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Time Signals: Recorder Music from the Netherlands by Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr