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Josquin's works gradually became known throughout western [[Europe]] and were regarded as models by many composers and theorists. [[Petrucci]]'s three books of his masses (1502-14) reflect contemporary esteem, as does [[Attaingnant]]'s collection of his chansons (1550). Several laments were written on his death (including [[Gombert]]'s elegy ''Musae Jovis''), and as late as 1554 [[Jacquet of Mantua]] paid him tribute in a [[motet]]. He was praised by 16th-century literary figures (including [[Castiglione]] and [[Rabelais]]) and was [[Martin Luther]]'s favourite composer.

Josquin's works gradually became known throughout western [[Europe]] and were regarded as models by many composers and theorists. [[Petrucci]]'s three books of his masses (1502–14) reflect contemporary esteem, as does [[Attaingnant]]'s collection of his chansons (1550). Several laments were written on his death (including [[Gombert]]'s elegy ''Musae Jovis''), and as late as 1554 [[Jacquet of Mantua]] paid him tribute in a [[motet]]. He was praised by 16th-century literary figures (including [[Castiglione]] and [[Rabelais]]) and was [[Martin Luther]]'s favourite composer.

===Secular Music===

===Secular Music===

[[Image:KyriefromMissadeBeataVirgine.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kyrie from Missa de Beata Virgine]]

[[Image:KyriefromMissadeBeataVirgine.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kyrie from Missa de Beata Virgine]]

Josquin's secular music comprises three settings of Italian texts and numerous [[chanson]]s. One of the earliest, ''Cela sans plus'', typifies his observance of the forms fixes and the influences of the Burgundian style of [[Busnois]] and [[Ockeghem]]. Later works, such as'' Mille regretz'', are less [[canon|canonic]], the clear articulation of line and points of [[imitation]] achieved by a carefully balanced hierarchy of [[cadence]]s. Some, like ''Si j'ay perdu mon ami'', look forward to the popular 'Parisian' chansons of [[Jannequin]]. One of Josquin's most famous pieces was a [[lament]] on the death of his friend and mentor, Johannes Ockeghem: ''Deploration sur la mort d'Ockeghem''. In this remarkable piece, Josquin deliberately composes the first verse in an archaic style, and then in the second verse, changes to an innovative setting in which he calls upon all his contemporaries to mourn for the loss of their respected father figure.

Josquin's secular music comprises three settings of Italian texts and numerous [[chanson]]s. One of the earliest, ''Cela sans plus'', typifies his observance of the forms fixes and the influences of the Burgundian style of [[Busnois]] and [[Ockeghem]]. Later works, such as'' Mille regretz'', are less [[canon]]ic, the clear articulation of line and points of [[imitation]] achieved by a carefully balanced hierarchy of [[cadence]]s. Some, like ''Si j'ay perdu mon ami'', look forward to the popular 'Parisian' chansons of [[Jannequin]]. One of Josquin's most famous pieces was a [[lament]] on the death of his friend and mentor, Johannes Ockeghem: ''Deploration sur la mort d'Ockeghem''. In this remarkable piece, Josquin deliberately composes the first verse in an archaic style, and then in the second verse, changes to an innovative setting in which he calls upon all his contemporaries to mourn for the loss of their respected father figure.

==Links==

==Links==

*Some extract of Josquin's music (bottom of page): http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/josquin.html

*Some extract of Josquin's music (bottom of page): http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/josquin.html

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