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Josquin Des Prez

Browse piano sheets by Josquin Des Prez on Zen Virtual Piano. The DIAMM database lists, under the composer entry Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521), a motet cycle that begins “Tu solus qui facis mirabilia” and continues with “In te solum confidimus” and “Dung aultre amer nobis esset fallacia,” the latter paired with “O mater Dei et hominis mater creatoris.” The Catholic Encyclopedia says that after his voice changed he studied counterpoint under Okeghem. In 1471 he was at the court of the Sforza in Milan and, in 1480, in the service of Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence. From 1486 to 1494, except for 1487–1488 spent in Ferrara, he was a member of the papal choir under Pope Innocent VIII; he then entered the service of King Louis XII of France. The encyclopedia adds that he dominated the musical world of his time, not only through learning and skill but particularly through originality, and that he wrote thirty-two masses, seventeen of them printed by Petrucci in Fossombrone and Venice.

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Josquin Des Prez

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When did Josquin des Prez live?

The DIAMM database lists him as Despres, Josquin, ca. 1450–1521.

Where did Josquin work?

The Catholic Encyclopedia places him in Milan in 1471, in Florence in the service of Lorenzo the Magnificent in 1480, in the papal choir from 1486 to 1494 with a year in Ferrara, and then with King Louis XII of France.

How many masses did Josquin write?

The Catholic Encyclopedia says thirty-two, seventeen of which were printed by Petrucci.