Josquin des Préz (Desprez, Josquin)

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Born: ca. /1455 1450 — Condé or St.-Sauveur — France
Died: 1521 — Condé-sur-l’Escaut — France
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THIS IS COMPLETLY WRONG STRAIGHT BS

[by “Anonymous” on 2012-09-11 12:33:12]

Music

  • 18 (19?) different settings to the Mass
  • Pange lingua Mass
  • Motet “Ave Maria”
  • Planxit autem David

Life

A pupil of Ockeghem, Josquin des Préz was the finest composer of the High Renaissance. He began as a choirboy in St Quentin, and then went to Milan where he sang in the cathedral choir and also worked for the Sforza family.

In the late 1480s he was a member of the papal choir. When the plague broke out in 1503, he fled north and became the provost of the church of Notre-Dame in Condé. He died there in 1521.

(contribution by Daniel Chu <dchuau(at)gmail.com>)


Josquin des Préz was the first master of the High Renaissance style. He was born in the north of France and traveled to Italy during his early life. He has brought the fifteenth-century Mass to a brillant climax and pioneered new genres, such as that of the sixteenth-century chanson and motet. Josquin wrote 18 different settings of the Mass — all in the 5 section form. One of his works was the Pange lingua Mass, a Gregorian hymn.

(contribution by erin <sugaree063(at)aol.com>)

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(1814) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of Fidelio (final version), in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting.
(1971) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Der Besuch der Alten Dame, in Vienna, Austria.
(1988) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Vienna, Austria.
(1989) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Don´t ever do that again!!!", in Helsingborg, Sweden.
(2002) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Peace Song", in Billund, Denmark.

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Sheet music for des Préz

[details ←] Missa Pange Lingua, piano, , choral, vocal,
[details ←] Consort-Musik des 15. bis 17. Jahrhunderts fur vier Stimmen, recorder, flute,
[details ←] La Spagna, viola, violin, double bass, cello,
[details ←] Old Dutch Masters; Book 3 (score), organ,
[details ←] Old Dutch Masters; Book 5 (score), organ,
[details ←] El Grillo - Score and parts, recorder,
[details ←] Two Trios (Lewin edition) - Score and parts, recorder,
[details ←] Chorale Preludes for Ascension and Pentecost (score), organ,
[details ←] El Grillo (The Cricket), choral, vocal,
[details ←] Three Motets, choral, vocal,
[details ←] Missa Pange Lingua, choral, vocal,
[details ←] Three Psalms - Dominus Regnavit; De Profundis; Domine, Ne in Furore, choral, vocal,
[details ←] Old Masters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (score), organ,
[details ←] Pieces (3), horn, euphonium, trombone, trumpet, tuba, french horn,
[details ←] Tu Pauperum Refugium, choral, vocal,
[details ←] Josquiniana (2001), viola, violin, cello, string quartet,
[details ←] 3 Chansons for Men’s Voices, vocal,
[details ←] De Tous Biens Playne, horn, trombone, trumpet, brass quartet,
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