Josquin Despres (Composer)
Born: c. 1450, County of Hainaut, Holy Roman Empire
Died: 27th August 1521, Conde sur L'Escaut, France
Nationality: French
Josquin des Prez often referred to simply as Josquin, was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. Josquin is widely considered the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music that was emerging during his lifetime.
During the 16th century, Josquin acquired the reputation of the greatest composer of the age, his mastery of technique and expression universally imitated and admired. Writers as diverse as Baldassare Castiglione and Martin Luther wrote about his reputation and fame, with Luther declaring that "he is the master of the notes.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josquin_des_Prez
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Further Reading: Despres
Interview,
Owen Rees on Josquin and his legacy
David talks to conductor and musicologist Owen Rees about his latest album with Contrapunctus, exploring the impact of Josquin on Spanish polyphony.
Interview,
Peter Phillips on Josquin and Bauldeweyn
Peter Phillips discusses the penultimate volume in the Tallis Scholars's unprecedented complete set of Josquin Masses, which pairs Josquin's late Missa Mater Patris with the disputed Missa Da pacem.
Popular Works: Despres
- Absalon Fili Mi (21)
- Adieu mes amours (15)
- Allegez moy (9)
- Ave Maria (34)
- Ave Maria ... Virgo serena (24)
- Ave Maria (4vv) (10)
- Baises moy (8)
- Benedicta es (11)
- Benedicta es coelorum regina (10)
- De profundis clamavi (13)
- Douleur me bat (9)
- El Grillo (23)
- Faulte d'argent (9)
- Fortuna desperata (10)
- Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi (10)
- In te Domine speravi (32)
- Inviolata, Integra Et Casta Es (8)
- Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria (10)
- La Bernardina (15)
- La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem (27)
- La Spagna a 5 (19)
- Messe Ave Maris Stella (8)
- Mille Regretz (48)
- Miserere mei, Deus (15)
- Missa 'L'homme armé' sexti toni (8)
- Missa 'L'homme armé' super voces musicales (8)
- Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae (11)
- Missa Pange Lingua (14)
- Nimphes nappès (11)
- Nymphes Des Bois (20)
- O virgo virginum (10)
- Pater Noster (8)
- Pater noster / Ave Maria (9)
- Petite camusette (9)
- Praeter rerum seriem (15)
- Salve Regina (13)
- Scaramella va alla guerra (29)
- Stabat mater dolorosa (10)
- Tu Pauperum Refugium (12)
- Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (19)