Exce(s)tre

(fl.1393-4)

English composer. Known to have been a member of the Chapel Royal from 1393, and holder of a prebend at St Stephen's, Westminster, from 1394. He was one of the older composers represented in the Old Hall MS, which contains three pairs of Mass movements by him. One Gloria carries a plainsong cantus firmus in the treble.



IIIC: John Dunstable and his Circle