1549—Bruges, Belgium

The city hires trombonist Jan Leunis, who had recently left his position as chapel master at St. Jacob’s church. Leunis apparently possesses a difficult personality, as the ensemble soon becomes embroiled in repeated disputes, so upsetting the city council that they threaten to dismiss all of the musicians because of their “great irreverence, unmannered and wretched manner of living” (Polk, Susato 76).