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Josquin Desprez

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Message board and live chat about life and works.
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Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521) Forum Frigate  The new books literature forums are at booksliterature.com and jollyrogerwest.com. Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521) Forum Frigate[CLASSICAL MUSIC FLEET][Carolinanavy.com][Quarterdeck][Classicals.com][Western Canon University Commons][Western Canon University Lecture Halls Classicals Great Thoughts Greetings The Crow's Nest][hatteraslight.com] Welcome to the Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521) Forum...
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Classical Music Pages article on his life, compositions, and contributions to music theory taken from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music.
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Josquin Desprez  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. He then went to France (he may also have done so...
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/josquin.html

Biography, summary of output, links, and sources from Island of Freedom.
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Island of Freedom Josquin Desprez  To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher Blaise Pascal Home Theologians Philosophers Poets Composers Artists The Tao Confucius Corner Bhagavad Gita Siddhartha Josquin Desprez c. 1440-1521 PLACES: Josquin Desprez Basic Repertoire List Josquin Josquin Desprez was...
http://www.island-of-freedom.com/DESPREZ.HTM

Short biography noting change in birth date with links to other sites, including Renaissance and early music.
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Josquin des Pres  One of the most influential composers of the renaissance period. His date of birth was thought to be c.1440 but this was revised in 1998. He was at the court of King René of Anjou in 1475, in the papal...
http://www.josquin.com/

Radio transcript and RAM audio of University of Houston program investigating his life and works. Details his use of musical notation to pay homage to patrons. By engineering professor Dr. John H. Lienhard.
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No. 1166: Josquin Desprez  Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. For my money, the greatest composer who ever lived was the somewhat shadowy figure of Josquin Desprez. Josquin defined the new...
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1166.htm

Biographical data, extended essay, quick facts, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
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Josquin des Prez  Dploration sur le trpas de Jean Ockeghem Tu solus, qui facis mirabilia Adieu mes amours Mille regretz Faulte d'argent L'homme arm super voces musicales Mass Hercules dux Ferrariae Mass Malheur me bat Mass Faysans regres Absalon fili mi Dominus regnavit...
http://stevenestrella.com/compos...s/composerfiles/josquin1521.html

Biographical essay includes his training and work in contrapuntal music. Includes extensive list of recordings with links to details of contents and purchase information.
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Josquin Desprez A discography  This page will eventually become a resource on the great Franco-Flemish composer Josquin Desprez. A biographical sketch appears below. Introduction and major recordings might best be reached via the Renaissance Overview. This is a very preliminary and very cursory discography....
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/composers/josquin.html

Biography, discography, and facsimile of score from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
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Classical Net Basic Repertoire List Josquin  Prez was one of the most influential and widely regarded composers in the history of Western music, so famous that he is known merely by his first name. Josquin was apparently born in the Duchy of Burgundy, in modern Belgium....
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/josquin.html

Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI format.
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http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/desprez.html

Encyclopedia.com article with pronunciation and links to premium resources from the Electric Library.
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Josquin Desprez on Encyclopedia.com  After brief service under the duke of Ferrara, he ended his days as provost of the Collegiate Church of Cond. His earlier works exhibit a preoccupation with contrapuntal skills, while his later works are more chordal. He wrote masses and...
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/j/josquind1.asp

Biography follows career from obscure origins to prominence and influence during the High Renaissance. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=4735

Attributed vocal works with lyrics from the Lied and Art Song Texts Page at REC Music.
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Josquin Des Préz (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music)  Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Copyright Statement Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Composer: Josquin Des Prz (c1440-1521) Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning not...
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/d/desprez.html

Biography contrasting his significance with the lack of knowledge about his life. Includes portrait, discography, and period related material from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Josquin Des Pres  There is no composer in the history of Western music whose significance equals that of Josquin about whom so little is known. While the archival data concerning his biography fix the day and year of his death (August 27, 1521...
http://www.hoasm.org/IVA/DesPrez.html

Brief biography and notes of his contribution to this stylized liturgical art form with annotated discography.
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Stabat Mater Josquin Des Préz  He was probably a student with Ockegem. He worked almost 10 years at the Chapel of the Pope in Rome, then with the court of Louis XII of France and finally was Provost of the Chapter at Cond Composed a.o....
http://www.stabatmater.dds.nl/desprez.html

Brief biography summarizing his church and secular music with Naxos discography.
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http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/de...=Composers&char=D&ComposerID=264

Freely downloadable MIDI files from Kunst der Fuge.
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ON CLASSICAL. Classical Music in MIDI files MIDI: P  Fuge is the largest collection of free Classical MIDI files on the web! Letter P The complete page available at: www.kunstderfuge.com/classical/p.htm This page's last update: 9/2005 MIDI ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO P QRSTUVWXYZ MAIN INDEX Bach Beethoven Brahms Chopin Debussy Haydn Mozart Schubert...
http://www.kunstderfuge.com/midi-p.htm#Prez

Biography, recommended scholarly works in French, German, and English, recordings, links, and contact information.
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Josquin Desprez (ca. 1440 1521 Life, Works. Recordings, Resources.  Desprez and renaissance music is like Johann Sebastian Bach and baroque music, Beethoven and classical music, or the Rolling Stones and Rock n Roll. Josquin's compositions are of a beauty and clarity, few of his contemporaries have achieved. He was...
http://www.josquindesprez.com/

Wikipedia article speculating about his geographic origin and providing a chronological account of his life, works, and influence upon others.
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Josquin Des Prez Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Netherlands style. Contents 1 Life 2 Works and influence 3 Audio 4 Works list 4.1 Masses 4.2 Mass fragments 4.3 Motets 4.4...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josquin_Des_Prez

Summary of his musical output, brief life history, links, and portrait from the Classical Composers Database.
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http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=josquin

Biography, links to related sites and lyrics, and directory of MP3 audio files from Classic Cat.
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http://www.classiccat.net/pres_j_de/

Musica Classica Classical Music Dictionary entry with life, works, portrait, facsimile of a composition, and MIDI audio files.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3  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. He then went to France (he may also have done so...
http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/desprez.html