Josquin+Des+Pres

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 * Early Life
 * Musical Life
 * Types and Compositions

EARLY LIFE:

 * Josquin Des Pres born in 1450 in modern Belgium, although we are unsure really on his place of birth and date researches can pin point it between 1450-1455. There is also a lot of controversy about his name and the way it is spelled. Since nothing is known about his parents or siblings we can't use them to help find out a more accurate time frame. Since he lived during renaissance where they still weren't recording and educating a lot not much Is know about Josquin and his early life. Josquin Des Pres died on August 27,1521.

MUSICAL LIFE:

 * Josquin Des Pres was a very influential composer who's style is marked by the technique of pervasive. His contrapuntal experimentation and structural refinement lead many people to consider him on of the greatest composers of his time. Josquin focused directly on expression of text. Josquin's Northern foundation is clearly seen in his mastery of contrapuntal textures in four, five and six voices, and especially in his canonic technique. His Italian influence is frequently sought in the increasingly clear textures he employed, together with his new emphasis on homophony. The lightness and short phrases of Italianate settings were to be balanced against the more melismatic and contrapuntal Northern style, and consequently Josquin perfected the technique of "pervasive imitation" to achieve a contrapuntally based structure around short motives and interlocking phrases. Pervasive imitation describes a situation in which shared material between voices determines the contrapuntal texture of a piece, and in Josquin's case, this usually meant interlocking canonic duets.Josquins surviving musical output is very large consisting of masses, motets, and secular songs. He spent a substantial portion of his career in Italy, Josquin evidently received his training in the Northern Franco-Flemish style before then, perhaps at the feet of Ockeghem (one of the most respected musicians of the 15th century). Josquin's international career certainly marks him as a special talent of the period, and consequently a composer of wide influence and cosmopolitan taste.

TYPES AND COMPOSITIONS:

 * His style and forms include Masses, Motets, and secular songs
 * Some examples of his songs include "Hercules Dux Ferrarariae", "Ave Maris Stella", "Pange Lingua".