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===The Masses===

===The Masses===

Josquin's 18 complete masses combine elements of cantus firmus, parody and paraphrase techniques. One of the earliest, ''L'ami Baudichon'', is a cantus firmus mass on a simple dance formula; the simplicity of melody and rhythm and the clarity of harmony and texture recall the Burgundian style of the 1450s and 1460s. Fortuna desperata, on the other hand, is an early example of parody. Canonic writing and ostinato hgures are features. His last great masses, notably the ''Missa de beata virgine'' and the ''Missa 'Pange lingua' '' are works in which every resource is deployed with bravura, and include some innovatory chordal sections.

Josquin's 18 complete masses combine elements of cantus firmus, parody and paraphrase techniques. One of the earliest, ''L'ami Baudichon'', is a cantus firmus mass on a simple dance formula; the simplicity of melody and rhythm and the clarity of harmony and texture recall the Burgundian style of the 1450s and 1460s. ''Fortuna desperata'', on the other hand, is an early example of parody. Canonic writing and ostinato figures are features. His last great masses, notably the ''Missa de beata virgine'' and the ''Missa 'Pange lingua' '' are works in which every resource is deployed with bravura, and include some innovatory chordal sections.

===Secular Music===

===Secular Music===