A name that appears as an ascription in two early 15th-century manuscripts. It is probably associated with three composers.
(1) ‘Henricus’ is the ascription of three works in F-Sm 222 (nos. 13bis, 207, 208) which are probably attributable to the composer Heinrich Laufenberg, or possibly to Henricus hessman de argentorato.
(2) ‘Henricus’ is the ascription of a ballata in F-Pn n.a.fr. 6771 (no.49) which is ascribed in F-Pn it.568 (no.138) to Arrigo.
(3) ‘Magister Heinricus’ appears together with Egidius de Pusiex in Coussemaker’s copy of F-Sm 222 (no. 122/123) in connection with the motet Portio nature/Ida capillorum. This motet appears also in F-CH 564 and I-IV. The name occurs in the text of the motetus part: it seems likely that, in this instance, he was the poet but did not compose the music for the motet.
KURT VON FISCHER/R