Josquin Des Prez High Renaissance Motets - Music Appreciation

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[@MrLuridan]

As a former lutenist and vihuelist, I had the great pleasure of playing contemporary intabulations of Josquin, Arcadelt, Agricola, and other great composers of this and adjacent time periods. The quasi-improvisational treatment of these pieces by Francesco da Milano, Narvaez, Mudarra, and others was really rewarding and enlightening. Great content and thank you for posting!

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Excellent

[@jayducharme]

That was very interesting. I'd never heard of des Prez. You've inspired me to go look up more of his music.

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That’s great

[@carlstenger5893]

My introduction to Josquin was in high school through an excerpt taken from his Ave Maria (for four voices), “Ave Vera Virginitas”. I was instantly hooked. I’ve (since then) sung many other pieces composed by him. Several of my own compositions were heavily influenced by his motets. In my opinion, Josquin’s motets represent the very epitome of choral writing (especially a cappella) in all of mankind’s history. There are only a handful of composers who could be considered comparable in skill. Byrd, Bach, and Palestrina are the only three that quickly come to mind. Thank you, Gareth, for this delightful dive into the world of Josquin. These longer videos into the life, times, and music of great composers remind me of the wonderful hours I spent in Musical Literature courses at University 40+ years ago.

[@MusicMattersGB]

He’s certainly an amazing composer. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@stephenbashforth8257]

Hi Gareth, Really interesting - my understanding of music and music theory is all self-taught. I have listened to Palastrina and Gesualdo, who are later, and though I have heard of Josquin (courtesy of Radio 3) I have never otherwise listened to nor studied him. The only other early music I am familiar with is Hildegard of Bingen. You painted and interesting picture and stirred an interest in early music. Thank you.

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That’s great. There’s plenty to explore

[@davidwhite2949]

Interesting that we returned, with jazz, to modal music. Knowing what we know now about musical function and 20th century harmony

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Fascinating. I agree.

[@darkyangel99]

Thank you sir for all the hard work you have put into it❤❤

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[@corrinneloudon525]

Thank you, this has been fascinating!

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A pleasure

[@dezangerman]

This was really very interesting. I have written a short study about the Franco-flemish school of which Josquin is the central figure. However my musical knowledge was still minimal so the whole thing was more based on historical facts rather than musical developments. This talk has taught me a lot and I am going to add it to my history of the Franco-flemish school. Thanks a lot.

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A pleasure

[@hei7586]

Thank you very much for this interesting lecture!

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[@abagatelle]

Excellent video Gareth, I'm off to the 15th century now in my Tardis. Au revoir!

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Enjoy the trip!

[@patrickemmanuvela957]

Hi Gareth It's really very Informative thank you for this Video do lot like this it means a lot :)

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A pleasure

[@heyguille]

Thank you for this incredibly insightful video. How about adding Byrd’s “Ave Verum Corpus” to the list of future videos? Right at the end of that piece there’s a beautiful imitative section and I would love to get your insights on it. Thanks again Gareth! :)

[@MusicMattersGB]

Could do. It’s a wonderful piece

[@teijostahl4380]

One present-day example of "hybrid style" is Spes (Hope) by Mia Makaroff, hybrid of old church latin texts and Sami Joiku.

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Excellent

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

Thank you !

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A pleasure.

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

It's quite likely that the mixture of chanson and motet, Latin and French was an attempt to make the music accesible to those that could not sing in parts and did not speak latin, the common folk, give them a chance to partake in something. Just speculating. Thanks for sharing this, I love this kind of music for voice. So happy that someone like Arvo Part keeps the power of the human voice alive but these are its fairly humble beginnings.

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Absolutely

[@mjmn1000]

Most interesting.

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[@nickdryad]

I’d love you to do an analysis of Zadok the Priest.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Good idea

[@kornsuwin]

So, what's the deal with the name on the sheet music?

[@MusicMattersGB]

The Latin title of the piece

[@elierouhana1181]

❤️🙏

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😀

[@patrickcunningham618]

💫

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[@tomheikkinen8494]

Thank you so much Gareth. If any of your viewers would like a specific listening recommendation for a Josquin motet, I can't think of a better one than "Praeter rerum seriem". A work for 6 voice parts, the title means "Beyond the order of this world", and that is definitely what it sounds like! Here is a performance with score to follow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHFkquQm9x-i80

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Excellent recommendation

[@EuphoniaPooch]

" AaaahhhaAAAAhhhhAAAAAAHHHh, What is this about anymore?" LOL

[@MusicMattersGB]

Just the style of the period.

[@steph1918]

Thanks for this session on Josquin, Gareth. You might be interested in one of his pupils, Jean Richafort. He wrote a wonderful requiem for his master. → kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHKXgHl_a9ljZrs And something quite surprising happens at bar 40. Have a listen.

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Interesting

[@crazyherisson6500]

Josquin is pronounced like "J"ostling.

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Most people pronounce the J as a Y

[@crazyherisson6500]

@@MusicMattersGB NEVER in France or Belgium (where I've lived for the past 35 years). I sang a lot of Josquin at Oxford, never heard it pronounced as a Y.