composer
Josquin Desprez (c. 1450-1521) is often called the most important composer of the Renaissance period. His name is derived from the Flemish ‘Josken’ (Little Joseph). Very little is known about ...
related works
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Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Recorder
Instruments:
4rec
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Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK8
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK4
composition
Missa Faisant Regretz : for 4 voices / Josquin Desprez; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers
Other authors:
Wagemakers, Cees
(editor)
Description:
Josquin was prolific not only in sacred music (nearly 20 masses and 60 motets) but also in chansons (more than 60). Of the chansons there are two very important ones: Mille regretz, which was the basis for the Missa Mille Regretz, a parody mass by Cristóbal de Morales, and Faulte d’argent which provided the cantus firmus in the Requiem by Jean Richafort. In the the Kyrie of the underlying Missa Faisant Regretz one can hear a reference to the Gregorian eleventh mass (Orbis factor).
Cees Wagemakers