DUCIS, or HERTOGHS,Benedictus Ducis, who is often called by his first name alone, must not be confounded with Benedictus Appenzelders, a Swiss musician who lived in Belgium, but of later date and less genius. Benedictus, a Flemish musician in the early part of the 16th century, organist of the Lady Chapel in the cathedral at Antwerp, and ‘Prince de la Gilde
’ in the brotherhood of St. Luke in that city. He left Antwerp in 1515, and is supposed to...