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Author Elders, Willem

Title Josquin des Prez and his musical legacy : an introductory guide / Willem Elders
Edition Rev. and translated edition
Published Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations, music
Contents Biography -- Josquin in the eyes of his admirers -- The sources of Josquin's music -- Issues of authenticity and chronology -- Gregorian chant as a source of inspiration -- Aspects of Josquin's symbolic language -- Masses and Mass movements -- Motets -- Secular works
Summary Josquin des Prez and His Musical Legacy' is the most up-to-date contribution to the research on one of the most important and internationally famous composers of the Renaissance. This monograph offers factual information on the composer as well as insights into his 16th-century and modern reception, a survey of the sources of his music, and a discussion of the thorny issue of authorship. Willem Elders, one of the most distinguished scholars of Josquin's music, also discusses the influence of Gregorian chant as a source of inspiration and explains the various aspects of Josquin's symbolic language. Each individual work (including some of those in the old Josquin edition now considered inauthentic) receives a short discussion of relevant contextual aspects and interesting musical features. Ranges and lengths are given for each work. The style is adapted to the professional musicologist as well as to the music lover' and performer
Notes Translation of: Josquin des Prez en zijn muzikale nalatenschap. Hilversum : Uitgeverij Verloren, ©2011
"Translation of Preface, Chapters 1-6 and Epilogue: Paul Shannon"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index of names
Notes Translated from Dutch
Print version record
Subject Josquin, des Prez, -1521.
Josquin, des Prez, -1521 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Josquin, des Prez, -1521 fast
Josquin Desprez 1440-1521 gnd
Subject Composers -- Netherlands -- Biography
Music -- Netherlands -- 15th century
Music -- Netherlands -- 16th century
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
Composers
Music
Muziekwerken.
Netherlands
Bourgondische Nederlanden.
Frankrijk.
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biografieën (vorm)
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789461661265
9461661266
Other Titles Josquin des Prez en zijn muzikale nalatenschap. English