Beatles, 617
Beatrice of Burgundy, 134
Beatriz di Dia, 113
beauty, esthetics and, 541
Becket, Thomas. See Thomas àBecket,
Bedford, Duke of. See John of Lancaster,
Beethoven, Ludwig van,
Josquin parallels with, 547 –49, 552 , 579
Mass composition by, 54
posthumous legendary status of, 547 , 548 , 579
as Romantic icon, 548
Beethoven: The Man Who Freed Music (Schauffler), 579
Bele Ydoine (Audefroi), 120
Belgium, 536
Flemish composers, 277 , 316 , 453 , 454 , 455 –59
Gombert and, 589 –90
musician emigrés from, 277 , 518 –22, 544 , 589 , 605 –6, 676 –77, 713 , 723 , 733
Belshazzar, King, 94
Bembo, Pietro, 723
Benedicamus Domino (response), 160 –61
Benedict VIII, Pope, 34
Benedict XIII, Antipope, 378
Benedicta es, coelorum regina (Josquin), 580 –83, 601 –2, 633
Benedicta es, coelorum regina (Willaert), 601 –4
Benedictines, 22 , 23 , 50 , 71 , 76 , 90 , 93 , 100 , 111 , 138 , 387 , 402 , 408
Gregorian chant revision and, 631 , 632
Benedict of Nursia, Saint, 10 –11
Benedictus (Isaac), 543 –44, 545
Benedictus (Taverner), 612 –13, 614
Benedictus (Victoria), 789 –90
Benediktbeuren abbey, 138
benefices, 315 , 316
Beneventan chant, 64
Bennett, Tony, 817
Bent, Margaret, 417
Berg, Wesley, 27
Berger, Anna Maria Busse, 185