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Josquin des Prez and His Musical Legacy An Introductory Guide Willem Elders Josquin des Prez and His Musical Legacy An Introductory Guide leuven university press Translation of Preface, Chapters 1-6 and Epilogue: Paul Shannon Original title: Josquin des Prez en zijn muzikale nalatenschap © 2011 Dutch language edition by Uitgeverij Verloren, Hilversum © 2013 Revised and translated edition by Leuven University Press / Presses Universitaires de Louvain / Universitaire Pers Leuven. Minderbroedersstraat 4, B-3000 Leuven (Belgium) All rights reserved. Except in those cases expressly determined by law, no part of this publication may be multiplied, saved in an automated datafile or made public in any way whatsoever without the express prior written consent of the publishers. isbn 978 90 5867 941 3 d / 2013 / 1869 / 8 nur: 662 Design: Venti catteruzzi (venticaratteruzzi.com) For Eric Jas Contents 11 Preface 13 Bibliographical abbreviations and manuscript sigla part i Josquin and his cultural environment 17 1 – Biography 21 Josquin’s personality 22 Josquin’s patrons 27 Portraits 29 2 – Josquin in the eyes of his admirers 31 Writers 33 Poets 36 Music theorists 39 Music publishers 40 Music historians 42 Composers 46 3 – The sources of Josquin’s music 46 Manuscripts 50 Printed editions 53 Instrumental arrangements 55 Music theory treatises 57 4 – Issues of authenticity and chronology 60 Doubtful works 63 Chronology 65 5 – Gregorian chant as a source of inspiration 73 6 – Aspects of Josquin’s symbolic language 73 Cantus prius factus 75 Soggetto ostinato 76 Special forms of notation 76 Mode and musica ficta 78 Canon 83 Number symbolism part ii Josquin’s musical legacy 97 7 – Masses and Mass movements 98 Masses based on Gregorian chants 104 Masses based on secular monophonic songs 110 Masses based on secular polyphonic songs 117 Mass based on a sacred polyphonic song 117 Masses based on solmisation themes 121 Canonic Masses 123 Single Mass movements 128 8 – Motets 128 Motets on texts from the Old Testament 128 a) Genesis, Samuel, Job, Ecclesiasticus, The Song of Songs 132 b) The psalms 147 Motets on texts from the New Testament 155 Motets on non-biblical texts in honour of Jesus Christ 163 Motets on non-biblical texts in honour of the Virgin Mary 163 Antiphons 167 Sequences 174 Hymns 175 The Proper of the Mass 175 Books of Hours 179 Contemporaneous poems 183 Texts of unknown origin 185 Motets on other non-biblical texts 187 9 – Secular works 188 Secular works for three and four voices 188 Chansons from the courtly song tradition 191 Chansons from the folk song tradition 199 The Virgil Motets 201 The Frottole 202 Secular works with reconstructed texts 205 Chansons with no known text 207 Secular works for five and six voices 208 Chansons from the courtly song tradition 215 Chansons from the folk song tradition 219 Instrumental works 227 Epilogue 231 Bibliography 235 Appendix a New Josquin Edition: summary of volumes and editors 237 Appendix b List of authentic and doubtful works by Josquin 243 Index of names