Josquin des Prés (c. 1450/1455 – 27 August 1521).
Mostly vocal compositions, including works of
masses, anthems, motets, chansons & madrigals.
The background image of this chan's logo was a presumed signature of him, written on the wall of the choir gallery of the Sistine Chapel,
JOSQUINJ. (
https://en.cantoria-mainz.de/graffiti-edition/)
So it was probably Radulescu's mention that introduced me to this composer, and that may have been the formal initiation of my interest in the music of renaissance period, particularly in the mass genre. As before, I wasn't attracted to Beethoven's mass works in the first place, but to his, this more serene and solitary thing, extreme sentimentality.
I use this as main sources,
Josquin Desprez (c.1440/55-1521) - A discography:
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/composers/josquin.html &
The Other Josquin - C.M.M.E:
http://www.cmme.org/database/projects/143rd generation of Franco-Flemish School,
Other notable contemporaries of Josquin, e.g. Heinrich Isaac (1450 – 1517), Obrecht (1457/8 – 1505), also covered under this thread.
- Franco-Flemish composers:
https://wikiless.deep-swarm.xyz/wiki/Category:Franco-Flemishcomposers?lang=en