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Deploration on the death of Binchois), and 21 chansons.

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Johannes Ockeghem

Johannes Ockeghem (also Jean de, Jan; surname Okeghem, Ogkegum, Okchem, Hocquegam, Ockegham; other variant spellings are also encountered) (1410–1425, Saint-Ghislain, Belgium – February 6,^[1] 1497, Tours, France) was the most famous composer of the Franco-Flemish School in the last half of the 15th century, and is often considered the most influential composer between Dufay and Josquin des Prez. In addition to being a renowned composer, he was also an honored singer, choirmaster, and teacher.

Life

The spelling of Ockeghem's name comes from a supposed autograph of his which survived as late as 1885, and as reported by E. Giraudet, a historian in Tours; the document has since been lost. In 15th century sources, the spelling "Okeghem" predominates.

The birthdate of Ockeghem is unknown; dates as early as 1410, and as late as 1430 have been proposed.^[2] The earlier date is based on the possibility that he knew Binchois in Hainaut before the older composer moved from Mons to Lille in 1423^[1]. Ockeghem would have to have been y

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The art of mourning in the 16th century was at its highest in the musical genre known as the Déploration. Following the model of French poets, where a déploration was a poem noting the death of an individual and those who knew him or knew of him were called to mourn, the musical déploration set those texts to song.

We can trace the movement of the déploration from poetry to music through the activities around the death of the French composer Ockeghem (d. 1497). At his death, the poet Crétin wrote a poem of over 400 lines in his memory. In the poem, Crétin asked all who ‘held Ockeghem dear’ to honour him, suggesting that they set particular texts for him. He particularly charged the composers Alexander Agricola (ca 1446–1506), Johannes Verbonnet (aka Ghiselin) (fl. 1455–1511), Johannes Prioris (ca 1460–ca 1514), Josquin des Prez (ca 1450–1521), Gaspar van Weerbeke (ca 1445–after 1516), Jacques Brunel (d. 1564), and Loyset Compère (ca 1445–1518) to set the text Ne recorderis ‘to lament your master and father’. By calling on the cream of the Netherlands composers to honour