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==Biography==
==Biography==
[[Image:Josquin.JPG|thumb|right|250px|1611 woodcut of Josquin. This is generally thought to have been copied from an original oil painting, which is now lost.]]
His early life is something of a mystery; it is conjectured that he was a native of the Vermandois region of [[Picardy]], but it is certain that he was a singer at [[Milan]] Cathedral in 1459, remaining there until December 1472. By July 1474 he was one of the 'cantori di capella' in the chapel of Galeazzo Maria Sforza. Between 1476 and 1504 he passed into the service of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, whom he probably accompanied in [[Rome]] in 1484. His name first appears among the papal chapel choir in 1486 and recurs sporadically; he had left the choir by 1501. In this Italian period Josquin reached artistic maturity.
His early life is something of a mystery; it is conjectured that he was a native of the Vermandois region of [[Picardy]], but it is certain that he was a singer at [[Milan]] Cathedral in 1459, remaining there until December 1472. By July 1474 he was one of the 'cantori di capella' in the chapel of Galeazzo Maria Sforza. Between 1476 and 1504 he passed into the service of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, whom he probably accompanied in [[Rome]] in 1484. His name first appears among the papal chapel choir in 1486 and recurs sporadically; he had left the choir by 1501. In this Italian period Josquin reached artistic maturity.