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Josquin Desprez (1450-1521) - Motetten (Turner)
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Josquin Desprez (1450-1521) - Motetten (Turner)

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Sep 5, 2023 at 12:41amTusky
Show threadLisa SassSep 5, 2023

@magdelenehall These are timeless, great selections to share!
During the 500th year celebration, the New Yorker published a profile of him, in which Alex Ross writes:
“There is nothing fake about that aura: Josquin was an astonishing composer, one whose contrapuntal dazzlements can make Bach look clumsy.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/21/the-musical-mysteries-of-josquin

The Musical Mysteries of Josquin

During the Renaissance, his crystalline choral works led him to be celebrated as the Michelangelo of music, Alex Ross writes. But many works attributed to him may be those of gifted contemporaries.

The New Yorker
Show threadCheshireSep 5, 2023
@LK_Sass
Thank you. The article I had in the back of my mind!