Jean Mouton

Life

Born: before 1459

Died: 30 October 1522

Biography Mouton was appointed écolâtre-chantre at Notre Dame, Nesle in 1477 and by 1483 was maître de chapelle and a priest, having presumably reached the required age of 25. He held posts at Amiens (1500), Grenoble (1501), and from 1502 was attached to the French royal court. In 1518 he succeeded Loyset Compère at St. Quentin where he was buried, the now-lost headstone reportedly naming him "Maistre Jehan de Hollingue, dit Mouton". Among his pupils was Adrian Willaert.

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List of choral works

Sacred Works

4vv unless otherwise noted; incomplete works omitted.

Alleluia, Confitemini Domino Alleluia: Noli flere Maria (conflicting attribution to Gascongne) Amicus Dei Nicolaus Antequam comedam suspiro/Je ris et si ay larme a l’oeil (5vv) Ave fuit prima salus Ave Maria - virgo serena 5vv Ave Maria, gemma virginum 8vv Ave Maria, gratia plena a 3(A 4th voice is in canon. Conflicting attribution to Josquin.) Ave Maria, gratia plena a 4 Ave sanctissima Maria Ave virginum gemma Katharina Ave Virgo caeli porta (contrafactum Libera animam meam) Beata Dei genitrix Maria Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore 6vv Benedicite … et agimus Benedicta es, caelorum regina Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel Bona vita, bona refectio Celeste beneficium Christum regem regum adoremus Confitemini Domino Confitemini Domino a6 (Conflicting attribution to Josquin.) Congregate sunt gentes Corde et animo Credo Da pacem, Domine 6vv De profundis (only in lute intabulation) Domine, Dominus noster (attrib. Moulu) Domine, salvum fac regem Ecce Maria genuit (2 versions?) Factum est silentium Felix namque Fulgebunt justi/Christus vincit, Christus regnat/Omnes sancti et sancte Dei (8vv) Gaude Barbara beata Gaude virgo Katherina (attrib. Gombert) Gloriosa virgo Margareta Gratia plena ipsa (attr. Ninot) Homo quidam fecit coenam magnam

Illuminare, illuminare Jerusalem In diebus illis: Filius Diocletiani In illo tempore accesserunt In illo tempore Maria Magdalene In illo tempore postquam (attr. Festa) In omni tribulatione Inter natos mulierum Lauda Christum 3vv Laudate Deum in sanctis eius Lectio Actuum Apostolorum: In diebus illis Magnificat primi toni (i) Magnificat primi toni (ii) Magnificat primi toni (iii) Magnificat tertii toni Magnificat quarti toni (i) Magnificat quarti toni (ii) Magnificat quarti toni (iii) (conflicting attribution to Willaert) Magnificat quinti toni Magnificat sexti toni (all verses) Maria Virgo semper laetare Miseremini mei saltem vos (attributions to Josquin & Richafort) Missa Alleluia Missa Alma redemptoris mater Missa Benedictus Dominus Deus (on Févin's motet) Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées (on Compere's motet) Missa Ecce quam bonum Missa Faulte d’argent Missa L'oserai-je dire – D-Ju MS 2 Missa Quem dicunt homines (on Richafort's motet) Missa Regina mearum Missa sans cadence Missa sine nomine I Missa sine nomine I Missa Tu es Petrus (paraphrase) (5vv) Missa Tua est potentia (on his own motet) - D-Ju MS 8 Missa Verbum bonum (on Thérache's motet)

Missus est Gabriel angelus 5vv Moriens lux amantissima/Tibi soli peccavi 5vv Nesciens mater virgo virum 8vv Noe, noe psallite Noli flere, Maria Nolite confidere in principibus (2vv; contrafactum of Agnus II from Missa Tua est potentia) Non nobis, Domine (attrib. Gascongne) Nos qui vivimus/In exitu Israel O Christe redemptor (attrib. Messens) O Domine Jesu Christe O Maria piisima/Nativitas unde gaudia 6vv O Maria, Virgo pia O pulcherrima mulierum (attrib. C. Festa & A. de Févin) O quam fulges in aetheris O salutaris hostia Peccantem me quotidie (only ST survive of a 2nd setting) Peccata mea, Domine 5vv Per illud ave (missing from Grove?) Per lignum servi facti sumus 5vv Puer natus est nobis … Gloria in excelsis Deo Puer natus est nobis … Haec dies (attrib. Josquin) Quaeramus cum pastoribus Quam pulchra es … carissima (attributions to Jacquet & Lupi) Quis dabit oculis? (Lament for Anna) Regem confessorum Dominum Reges terrae congregati sunt Rex pacificus hodie natus est Salva nos, Domine 6vv (attrib. Josquin & Willaert) Salve Mater Salvatoris Sancte Sebastiane, ora pro nobis Sancti Dei omnes (attr. Josquin) Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum (attr. Isaac) Surgens Jesus a mortuis Tota pulchra es Tua est potentia 5vv Veni ad liberandum nos Verbum bonum et suave a 8 Verbum caro factum est 6vv (attrib. Lafage)

Secular Works

• Adieu, mes amours
• Dulces exuviae
• En venant de Lyon
• La, la, la, l'oysillon du bois
• Prens ton con
• Qui ne regrettoit le gentil Févin?
• La rosée du mois de Mai a 5
• La rosee du mois a 6

 
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Publications

• Missarum Joannis Mouton liber primus (Fossombrone, 1515)
• Carmen quatuor vocum ex una fluentium (Augsburg, 1548)
• Selecti aliquot moduli, et in 4, 5, 6 et 8 vocum harmoniam distincti, liber primus (Paris, 1555)

External links

• Works by Jean Mouton in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)