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Josquin Desprez (c 1440-1521) is considered to be one of the greatest composers of the high [[Renaissance]]. His works demonstrate a wide range of invention and profound expression.
Josquin Desprez (c 1440-1521) is considered to be one of the greatest composers of the [[Renaissance]]. His works demonstrate a wide range of invention and profound expression.
[[Image:MissaPangeLingua.jpg|left|thumb|400px| Missa Pange Lingua, composed in the latter part of Josquin's life, is considered to be one of his finest works. The four-part polyphonic setting is in many ways evocative of [[Palestrina]], who was composing some 50 years later]]
===The Motets===
===The Motets===
His many motets span all three periods. One of the earliest, the four-part ''Victimae paschali laudes'' (1502), exemplifies his early style, with its dense texture, lack of imitation, and rudimentary treatment of dissonance. Greater maturity is shown in ''Planxit autem David'', in which homophonic and freely imitative passages alternate, and in ''Absalon, fili mi'', with its flexible combination of textures. His later motets, such as ''In principio erat verbum'', combine motivic intensity and melodic succinctness with formal clarity; they are either freely composed, four-part settings of biblical texts, or large-scale [[cantus firmus]] pieces.
His many motets span all three periods. One of the earliest, the four-part ''Victimae paschali laudes'' (1502), exemplifies his early style, with its dense texture, lack of imitation, and rudimentary treatment of dissonance. Greater maturity is shown in ''Planxit autem David'', in which homophonic and freely imitative passages alternate, and in ''Absalon, fili mi'', with its flexible combination of textures. His later motets, such as ''In principio erat verbum'', combine motivic intensity and melodic succinctness with formal clarity; they are either freely composed, four-part settings of biblical texts, or large-scale [[cantus firmus]] pieces.