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Josquin Desprez or Des Prés (both: zhōs`kăN dāprā`), c.1440–1521, Flemish composer, b. Hainaut, regarded by his contemporaries as the greatest of his age. Luther spoke highly of Desprez, who may have instructed Erasmus in music. He was in Milan from 1459 to 1479, and he sang in the papal choir intermittently from 1486 to 1494. After brief service under the duke of Ferrara, he ended his days as provost of the Collegiate Church of Condé. His earlier works exhibit a preoccupation with contrapuntal skills, while his later works are more chordal. He wrote masses and miscellaneous Italian pieces, but he was particularly noted for his chansons and motets. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Los Angeles Master Chorale performs the world premiere of ``You Are (Variations)'' by Steven Reich in a program that includes works by Igor Stravinsky, Josquin DesPrez and Johannes Brahms. 1450-1521) has never been the subject of a monograph in English; Helmuth Osthoff's two-volume Josquin Desprez (Tutzing, 1962-65), the only scholarly study published thus far, is out of date and was never translated into English. As a result of the Merkleys' research, Josquin Desprez is now known to have been in Milanese service only from 1484 on, as a ducal singer and familiar of Cardinal Ascanio (207-08, 377, 427-28, 430-32, 439, 444, 449); he is to be distinguished from another Josquin, a Iudochus de Picardia (or Kessellia), a member of the Milanese cathedral and ducal chapels in the 1450s, '60s, '70s, and later (87, 94, 197, 207, 209, 214,15), who previously had been confused with Josquin Desprez. |
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