Josquin des Prez

Josquin des Prez

Aliases: Josquin Des Pres; Josquin Desprez; Josquin Despres; Dezprez a Prato; Iosquinus Pratensis; Lebloitte dit Desprez; Josse Lebloitte – given name in 1520s Condé archives is "Josse Lebloitte". "Lebloitte dit Desprez" is used in his uncle's will

Life

Born: between 1450 and 1455, according to recent research

Died: 27 August 1521

Biography Although Josquin has sometimes been confused with a Josquin de Kessalia who sang in Milan from 1459 to 1474 and died in 1498, the earliest surviving document shows he was a singer at the chapel of René, Duke of Anjou, in Aix-en-Provence as of 19 April 1477, and a birthdate of circa 1450 is now generally accepted. There are numerous gaps in his biography and seems to have traveled widely, but Josquin was headquartered in Milan 1483-89, was a member of the papal choir 1489 to 1495 (and left a recently discovered graffito in the Sistine Chapel), served Louis XII after 1499, Duke Ercole I of Ferrara 1503-4, become provost of the collegiate church of Notre-Dame at Condé-sur-l'Escaut on 3 May 1504, and added a post at Saint Quentin in 1509.

The reputation of the princeps musicorum can hardly be overstated; one contemporary even calls Michelangelo the Josquin of sculpture. The list of conflicting and dubious attributions is correspondingly great.

See also some elegies at ChoralWiki:Josquin quincentenary

View the Wikipedia article on Josquin des Prez.

List of works

• Category:Josquin des Prez compositions lists all works available on CPDL alphabetically
• Sortable list of Josquin des Prez compositions is under construction but lists all works and has notes on current attributions of motets

Sacred works

Absalon, fili mi Alma Redemptoris Mater Alma Redemptoris mater - Ave Regina caelorum Ave Christe Ave Maria … benedicta tu Ave Maria … benedicta tu, a 6 Ave Maria … Virgo serena Ave Maria … Virgo serena, a 6 Ave maris stella Ave nobilissima creatura Ave verum a 3 Ave verum corpus, a 5 Benedicta es, caelorum regina Benedicta sit creatrix Christe, fili Dei Christum ducem De profundis a 4 De profundis a 5 De profundis clamavi Descendi in ortum meum Domine Dominus noster Domine, ne in furore Domine, non secundum peccata nostra Dominus regnavit Ecce Maria genuit Ecce tu pulchra es Exaudi Domine vocem meam Factum est autem Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord (Joseph Knapicius) Huc me sydereo / Plangent eum

Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix In flagellis potum fellis In illo tempore assumpsit In principio erat verbum In te Domine speravi In te, Domine, speravi, non confundar Inter natos mulierum Inviolata, integra et casta Jubilate Deo omnis terra Laudate pueri Dominum Liber generationis Jesu Christi Magnus es tu Domine - Tu pauperum refugium Memor esto verbi tui Miserere mei Deus Misericordias Domini Missa "D'ung aultre amer" Missa Ave maris stella Missa Da pacem Missa de Beata Virgine Missa Fortuna desperata Missa Gaudeamus Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales Missa La sol fa re mi Missa Pange lingua Missa Une musque de Biscaye Missus est Gabriel archangelus Mittit ad virginem Nesciens mater Nunc dimittis O admirabile commercium

O bone et dulcis Domine Jesu O bone et dulcissime Jesu O Domine Jesu Christe O Iesu, fili David O Pater omnipotens O salutaris hostia O Virgo prudentissima O Virgo virginum Pater noster Planxit autem David Praeter rerum seriem Qui habitat a 24 Qui habitat in adjutorio altissimi Qui velatus facie fuisti Quis separabit nos Recordare Virgo Mater Regina coeli laetare Rubum quem viderat Salve Regina a 4 Salve Regina a 5 Sanctus D'ung aultre amer - Tu lumen Sic Deus dilexit mundum Stabat Mater dolorosa Tu solus qui facis mirabilia Usquequo Domine Ut Phoebi radiis Veni, Sancte Spiritus Verbum caro factum est Victimae paschali laudes Virgo prudentissima a 4 Vultum tuum a 4

Secular works

Adieu mes amours Allégez moy L'amye a tous Baisez moy a 6 Bergerette savoyenne Cueur langoreulx Cueurs desolez par toute nation a 4 Cueurs desolez par toute nation a 5 Douleur me bat Du mien amant Dulces exuviae En l'ombre d'un buissonnet

En non saichant Fama malum Faulte d'argent El Grillo Incessament Je me complains Je ne me puis tenir d'aimer Ma bouche rit Mi larés vous tousjours languir Mille regretz Nesse pas ung grant desplaisir Nimphes nappes

Nymphes des bois Parfons regretz Petite camusette Plaine de dueil Plusieurs regretz Pour souhaitter Regretz sans fin Scaramella Si congie prens Tenez moy en vos bras Vous larez sil vous plaist Vous ne l'aurez pas

 

Works not represented above

Missa L’homme armé sexti toni – Missarum Josquin liber primus Missa Malheur me bat – Missarum Josquin liber secundus, D-Ju MS 3 Missa L'ami Baudichon – Missarum Josquin liber secundus Missa Mater patris - Missarum Josquin liber tertius Missa Ad fugam - Missarum Josquin liber tertius

Missa Di dadi - Missarum Josquin liber tertius Missa Faisant regretz - Missarum Josquin liber tertius, D-Ju MS 3 Missa Allez regrets I – D-Ju MS 21 Missa Allez regrets II – D-Ju MS 3 Missa sine nomine – Missarum Josquin liber tertius, D-Ju MS 3

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Publications

• Missarum Josquin liber primus 1502
• Missarum Josquin liber secundus 1505
• Missarum Josquin liber tertius 1514

References

• Macey, Patrick. 1993. Josquin as Classic: 'Qui habitat, Memor esto', and Two Imitations Unmasked. Journal of the Royal Musical Association 118(1):1-43.

External links

• Josquin Research Project at Stanford, with complete works and much other contemporary music
• Works by Josquin des Prez in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
• Josquin's graffito in Sistine Chapel