Ockeghem, Johannes O Composers Composition

Ockeghem, Johannes O Composers Composition

Ockeghem, Johannes

Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497) is variously accounted to be French or Flemish. This is understandable, due to the changing boundaries in Europe. Among other positions, he was premier chaplain to three French kings. He is most noted for the seeming complexity of his masses.

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- Short biography focusing on his royal appointments, surviving works, and Desprez' reaction to his death.
- Message board, public archives, live chat, and links to various arts and humanities sites.
- Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- Entry in the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music at WQXR radio in New York. Special focus on his masses and motets with list of types of extant works.
- Contains photo of illustrated manuscript with music by Ockeghem.
- Study of the mass and details of the reaction to his death by the intellectual and artistic elite of his time.
- Brief biographical sketch, comments on church and secular music, and Naxos discography.
- Missa Pro Defuctis, a Requiem for choir. Includes MIDI audio, and scores in PDF, PNG, and score and parts in MusiXTeX format in ZIP files.
- Music files offered in MIDI, and MP3 audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.

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