Balduin Hoyoul was a Renaissance composer of the Franco-Flemish school.

From the age of 13 he was a singer at the Court in Stuttgart under Ludwig Daser. 1563-64 he was a pupil of Lassus in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. In 1589 he took over from his father-in-law as Hofkapellmeister in Stuttgart. In 1593 he applied, unsuccessfully, for the more prestigious court post at Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

. In 1594 he died of the plague and was succeeded in Stuttgart by another pupil of Lassus, Leonhard Lechner

Leonhard Lechner

Leonard Lechner was a German composer and music editor who worked with Orlando de Lassus.-Life:Lechner's exact place of birth is unknown. The by-name he occasionally used, "Athesinus", refers to origins in the Adige Valley in what is now the Italian province of South Tyrol....

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Works

• Sacrae cantiones, 5-10 voices. Nuremberg, 1587
• Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen. Nuremberg, 1589
• Missa "Anchor che col partire"
• Missa super "Rossignoles qui chantes au vert"
• 8 Magnificats
• 19 German Hymns
• Latin Motets