hristian Janszone Hollander (born around 1512, possibly in Dordrecht; died between January and July 1569 in Innsbruck) was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and choirmaster of the Renaissance. His first documented appearance was his appointment as choirmaster at St. Walburga Church in Oudenaarde on June 1, 1549, as “Christiaen Janszone, gheseyed de Hollandere.” Due to financial difficulties on the part of his employer, his contract, which was set to expire in 1557, could not be renewed, and Christian left the city in search of another position. He appears to have joined Emperor Ferdinand I’s court orchestra in Innsbruck in late 1557 and visited Florence that same year; the imperial account books note a “preceptor der musica from the Netherlands” as a new arrival in early 1558. He is documented as a member of the chapel there from 1559 onward and remained there until Emperor Ferdinand’s death in 1564. In 1568, he visited Munich, but apparently fell seriously ill afterward and likely died in the first half of 1569.