Petrus Phalesius the Elder

Title page of Des chansons reduictz en tabulature de lut... published by Phalesius in 1547

Peeter van der Phaliesen, Latinised as Petrus Phalesius, French versions of name Pierre Phalèse and Pierre de Phaleys[1][2] (c. 1510 – c. 1575) was a Flemish bookseller, printer and publisher. Aside from a number of literary and scientific works, his printing press is mainly known for its publications of music. Phalesius was the principal publisher of music active in the sixteenth-century Low Countries.[3]

  1. ^ Susan Bain and Henri Vanhulst, "Phalèse Family", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell [London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001]
  2. ^ Des cha(n}sons Reduictz en Tabulature de / LVT A DEVX, TROIS, ET QVATRE PARTIES. / Auec une briefue & familiaire Introduction pour entendre & apprendre par / soy mesmes à iouer dudict Lut, / Liure premier, Phaleys, Louvain, 1547
  3. ^ Leuvense drukken van Petrus Phalesius at Erfgoedcel Leuven (in Dutch)