European Music from The renaissance
Music and Composers
Johannes Ockeghem, Belgium
Johannes Ockeghem was one of the most influential composers of the renaissance. By the second half of the 15th century he was actually considered the most influential composer. Ockeghem was also a well known signer choirmaster and teacher. There are not many details about his earlier life like most composers from this period. Ockeghem wrote both types of sacred music and also chansons. Ockeghem had huge influence on the music of Josquin De Prez. Ockeghem died in Tours France and Josquin Des prez wrote a piece in his honor.
Paces Were Johannes Was Born, Worked and Died
Johannes Ockeghem died in Tours France
Ockeghem died in tours France a city south of paris in 1497. Josquin Des Prez wrote a piece in honor of johannes Ockeghem
Saint Ghislain, Belgium
Johannes Ockeghem was said to be born in Saint Ghislain Buelgium
Johannes Ockeghem's first record
The fist record of Ockeghem comes from a cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium the city were he was implied as a left hand choir singer.
Josquin Des Prez, Netherlands
Josquin Des Prez was a netherlandish composer. Josquin was a very famous composer and wrote both sacred and secular music with included masses, motets, and chansons. like most composers of this age there is not much known about Josquins early life. the earliest definite record of him was of his employment which was dated April 19th 1477. He was a singer at a chapel of Rene, duke of anjou(A.K.A:Good King Rene) in Aix-en-Provence. Josquin was said to have lived in France, Milan, Rome, and Ferrara. Eonde-sur-l'Escaut, France was the death place of josquin Des Prez
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence was the city were josquin was first employed. Aix-en-provence is avery popular city in France
Eonde-sur-l'Escaut, France
This is the town were josquin de Prez died and was burried
The Netherlands
Josquin de Prez was born and raised in the Netherlands
Guillaume Dufay, France
Guillaume Dufay was a french composer from the early renaissance, the the mid 15th century he was the most influential composer of the renaissance. He was a child if an unknown priest and a woman named Marie Du Fayt. When Dufay was young his mother took him to Cambria, it didn't take long for the cathedrals there to recognize his musical talents they gave him thorough training through music and by 1409 he was listed as a choir boy and stayed a choir boy for 3 years before moving to the counsel of Konstanz for 7 years before coming back to Cambria. For two years he worked for the Cambrian Cathedral. In 1420 he left cambria again this tme going to Rimini and possibly Pesaro where heworked for a wealthy family
Cambria, France
Cambria, France is the town Guillaume Dufay grew up in and were he was first recognized as a musicain
The Netherlands
Guillaume Dufay was said to have represented The First Netherlands School of Composers also known as Burgundia or the Dukes of Burgundy
Ramini, Italy
Guillaume Dufay spent a couple of years here after leaving Cambria for the second time and worked for a wealthy family
European music From The Renaissane
this travel broacher tells about the places in Europe that have history with famous composers from the renaissance
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