Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
Alexander Agricola (; born Alexander Ackerman; c. 1457 to 1458 – 15 August 1506) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance writing in the Franco-Flemish style. A prominent member of the Grande chapelle, the Habsburg musical establishment, he was a renowned composer in the years around 1500, and his music was widely distributed throughout Europe. He composed music in all of the important sacred and secular styles of the time.