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The Suspicious Cheese Lords is a male a cappella ensemble, which performs concerts and provides church service music for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Although specializing in music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, their repertoire ranges from Gregorian chant to original composition. The Suspicious Cheese Lords released their first recording, Maestro di Capella, a collection of sacred music by Elzear Genet (Carpentras), in January 2003. Elzear Genet (1470-1548), known as Carpentras, was born in the city of Carpentras, France in about 1470. He served as a musician in the chapel of King Louis XII in 1512 and was recruited by Pope Leo X to be maestro of the papal chapel in Rome in 1513. He held this post until around 1521, at which time he returned to France. Years later, Genet published the first "complete edition" of a Renaissance composer?s work (his own). During his lifetime Genet composed a number of motets, masses and other sacred choral works, as well as a handful of secular motets. Other than his setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, the vast majority of Genet?s music has never been recorded. The Suspicious Cheese Lords are proud to present this world premiere recording of Genet?s sacred music.