Josquin Despres
Born: c. 1450, County of Hainaut, Holy Roman Empire
Died: 27th August 1521, Conde sur L'Escaut, France
Nationality: French
Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez was a composer of Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he was a central figure of the Franco-Flemish School and had a profound influence on the music of 16th-century Europe. Building on the work of his predecessors Guillaume Du Fay and Johannes Ockeghem, he developed a complex style of expressive—and often imitative—movement between independent voices (polyphony) which informs much of his work. He further emphasized the relationship between text and music, and departed from the early Renaissance tendency towards lengthy melismatic lines on a single syllable, preferring to use shorter, repeated motifs between voices. Josquin was a singer, and his compositions are mainly vocal.
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Further Reading: Josquin
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Owen Rees on Josquin and his legacy
17th Feb 2020
David talks to conductor and musicologist Owen Rees about his latest album with Contrapunctus, exploring the impact of Josquin on Spanish polyphony.
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Peter Phillips on Josquin and Bauldeweyn
26th Oct 2019
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.
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- Absalon Fili Mi (20)
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- Ave Maria (45)
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- Baises moy (10)
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- El Grillo (29)
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- Fortuna desperata (12)
- Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi (10)
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- Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria (10)
- La Bernardina (20)
- La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem (20)
- La Spagna (24)
- Mille Regretz (67)
- Miserere mei, Deus (22)
- Missa 'L'homme armé' sexti toni (14)
- Missa 'L'homme armé' super voces musicales (10)
- Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae (13)
- Missa Pange Lingua (17)
- Nimphes nappès (11)
- Nymphes Des Bois (22)
- O virgo virginum (13)
- Pater Noster (11)
- Pater noster / Ave Maria (9)
- Petite camusette (13)
- Plaine de dueil (9)
- Praeter rerum seriem (18)
- Salve Regina (18)
- Scaramella va alla guerra (38)
- Stabat mater dolorosa (16)
- Tu Pauperum Refugium (12)
- Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (23)
- Virgo prudentissima (10)
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Josquin: Missa L’ami Baudichon - Motets milanais
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