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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Josquin (c1450/1455-1521)

Composer of the Week: Josquin (c1450/1455-1521): Episode 1: Josquin - Who He?

Josquin (c1450/1455-1521)

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Episode 1: Josquin - Who He?

Josquin - Who He?

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Donald Macleod goes in search of an elusive master of the Renaissance.

Choral director Jeremy Summerly and Donald Macleod go in search of that elusive master of the Renaissance, Josquin des Prez. Today, the scant facts known about the composer's life.

In the company of choral director Jeremy Summerly, Donald Macleod goes in search of that elusive Renaissance master, Josquin des Prez. Today, the scant facts of the composer's life.

Among the few things definitively known about Josquin are the date and place of his death - the 27th of August, 1521, in the northern French town of Condé-sur-l'Escaut. The beginning of his life, as with much of what happened during its course, is shrouded in mystery. The occasional glimpses we get of Josquin through court records and the like paint a picture of a supremely talented, highly respected, well travelled and quite possibly rather difficult man whose dedication to his art went hand in hand with a canny appreciation of his own worth.

El grillo
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier, director

Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix
The Clerks' Group
Edward Wickham, director

Ora pro nobis (Vultum tuum deprecabuntur)
Orlando Consort

Domine, non secundum
The Clerk's Group
Edward Wickham, director

Miserere mei, Deus
De Labyrintho
Walter Testolin, director

Pater Noster - Ave Maria
The King's Singers

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Donald Macleod explores the life and works of French Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez

Donald Macleod explores the life and works of French Renaissance composer, Josquin des Prez.

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