Josquin des Prez - Nymphes des bois

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Nymphes des bois, déesses des fontaines
Chantres experts de toutes nations
Changez voz voix tant clères et haultaines
En cris trenchans et lamentations
Car Atropos, très terrible satrape
A vostre Ockeghem attrapé en sa trappe
Vrai trésorier de musique et chief d'œuvre
Doct, élégant de corps et non point trappe
Grant dommage est que la terre le couvre
Acoustrez vous d'habits de deuil
Josquin, Pierson, Brumel, Compère
Et plourez grosses larmes d'œul :
Perdu avez vostre bon père
Requiescat in pace. Amen


Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine
Et lux perpetua luceat eis
Requiescat in pace. Amen

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Josquin des Prez - Benedicta es
Benedicta es caelorum regina Et mundi totius domina Et aegris medicina Tu praeclara maris stella vocaris Quae solem justitiae paris A quo illuminaris Te Deus Pater, ut

Josquin des Prez - Ave nobilissima creatura
Ave nobilissima creatura Humillima virgo Maria Est tibi quasi osculum Hunc audire versum angelicum: Ave Maria, gratia plena Dominus tecum Ergo ad imaginem tuam accedo

Josquin des Prez - O Domine Jesu Christe
O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce pendentem Et coronam spineam in capite portantem : Deprecor te, ut ipsa crux liberet me ab angelo percutiente O Domine Jesu Christe,

Josquin des Prez - Mente tota tibi supplicamus
Mente tota tibi supplicamus Ut sicut Filio tuo Domino nostro Jesu Christo Aliquando displicuimus Modo vice versa immutatis moribus Per te usque in finem ei complaceamus

Josquin des Prez - Miserere mei Deus secundum
Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam; et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea Et a peccato meo munda me

Josquin des Prez - El grillo
El grillo è buon cantore Che tienne longo verso Dalle beve grillo canta Ma non fa come gli altri uccelli Come li han cantato un poco Van' de fatto in altro loco

Josquin des Prez - Inviolata
Inviolata, integra, et casta es Maria Quae es effecta fulgida caeli porta O Mater alma Christi carissima Suscipe pia laudum praeconia Nostra ut pura pectora sint et

Josquin des Prez - Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi
Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi In protectione Dei cæli commorabitur Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es tu, et refugium meum; Deus meus, sperabo in eum Quoniam ipse liberavit me

Josquin des Prez - Gaude Virgo Mater Christi
Gaude Virgo Mater Christi Quae per aurem concepisti Gabriele nuntio Gaude quia Deo plena Peperisti sine poena Cum pudoris lilio Gaude quia tui nati Quem

Josquin des Prez - Veni, Sancte Spiritus
Veni Sancte Spiritus Et emitte caelitus Lucis tuae radium Veni pater pauperum Veni dator munerum Veni lumen cordium Consolator optime Dulcis hospes animae

Josquin des Prez

Possibly the most famous European composer of his time, Josquin des Prez (1450?-1521) was born in France. While details of his early life are hazy, his later musical career took him through the courts of Milan and Rome before he settled in the employ of the Duke of Ferrara. Attracting the praise of numerous intellectuals such as Castiglione and Martin Luther, his music is a high point in Renaissance polyphony. Several hundred works have been attributed to him, some of them spurious ones that wished to take advantage of the composer’s fame.