Josquin Des Prez Research Paper

a) Josquin des Prez (or Josquin Lebloitte dit Desprez; French: [ʒɔskɛ̃ depʁe]; c. 1450/1455 – 27 August 1521), often referred to simply as Josquin, was aFranco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is also known as Josquin Desprez and Latinized as Josquinus Pratensis, alternatively Jodocus Pratensis. He himself spelled his name "Josquin des Prez" in an acrostic in his motet Illibata Dei virgo nutrix.[2][3] He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. Josquin is widely considered by music scholars to be the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music that was emerging during his lifetime b) JOSQUIN
Josquin was born in France
1460:
b. Josquin was serving as a choirboy, at Saint-Quentin
1466:
c. Josquin's father passed away
1477:
d. He was appointed at the chapel of René, Duke of Anjou, in Aix-en-Provence
1480:
e. He moved to Italy
1483 - 1484: f. Josquin started serving the Sforza family in Milan
1489 - 1495: g. Josquin was one of the members of the papal choir and served
1503 - 1504: h. Josquin was employed at the court of the Duke Ercole I d'Este of Ferrara
1504:
i. Josquin left Ferrara, by April, and arrived at Condé-sur-l'Escaut, in France
1504:
j. He was appointed as the Provost of the collegiate church of Notre
1521:
k. Josquin died on 27 August

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Quentin church. My voice ended up changing because of puberty around 1455. I returned to my hometown to take counterpoint lessons. cc tore_urnes | | 11th Aug, 1469 | You're Invited | Pope Sixtus IV invited me to Rome to teach my art to the musicians of Italy. By art, I mean music. I tought many people in Italy how to compose music and how to play certain instruments.\ cc nathanrussell | | 25th May, 1502 | Motet Writing | One early four part motet Victimae paschali laudes exemplifies my early style with dense texture and lack of imitation. Overall, I wrote 100 motets throughout my lifetime. cc Now I'm Always Smiling | | 4th Feb, 1504 | Missa Sine | The Missa Sine nomine is a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass that I composed. It is a work of my maturity, probably dating from the period after I returned to Condé-sur-l'Escaut. cc upload.wikimedia.org/.../ 2/26/DESPREZ.jpg | | 24th Apr, 1505 | Provost | After the duke's death, I became provost of the collegiate church of Notre Dame in Conde. I ended up living the rest of my life there until I died. cc historic.brussels