Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Berchem, Jaques Giachetto

by John Weeks Moore

Berchem, Jaques Giachetto, or JACQUET OF MANTUA, a native of the Nether-lands, lived for a considerable time at Mantua. He published motets and various other vocal music of great merit at Venice, between the years 1539 and 1561. Some of his compositions are preserved in the British Museum.