Artist Info: Cornelius Heyns

Cornelius Heyns (died Bruges, 1485) was a composer and singer from the Franco-Flemish School in the Southern Netherlands. He was also Cleric installatus.

Little or nothing is known about his life. There are indications that he lived in Florence in the thirties and/or forties of the 15th century, where a Cornelius from Flanders is mentioned. At the end of that decade, Heyns is said to have returned to Bruges. From October 25, 1447 he is said to have been working on St. [read more...]