ANALYTICAL ASPECTS IN "MISSA DE BEATA VIRGINE" BY JOSQUIN DES PREZ

Authors

  • Apolka FÁBIÁN PhD student, Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy, Cluj-Napoca. Assistant Professor Collaborator at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Reformed Theology and Music. E-mail: apolkafabian@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3912-8861

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.spiss2.16

Keywords:

Renaissance music, Josquin des Prez, mass, church music, cantus firmus

Abstract

Josquin des Prez has composed at least 20 masses. This article focuses on the presentation and analysis of compositional techniques in Missa de Beata Virgine used by Josquin des Prez. He used different techniques from the XVI. century: paraphrased cantus firmus melody, tropus, imitative and polyphonic techniques. His early style testifies to the influence of Guillaume Dufay and Jan van Ockeghem. Following his Italian experience he mastered the homophonic compositional technique, which strengthened the text-music relationship in his works.

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Published

2023-08-15

How to Cite

FÁBIÁN, A. (2023). ANALYTICAL ASPECTS IN "MISSA DE BEATA VIRGINE" BY JOSQUIN DES PREZ. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 68(Special Issue 2), 255–274. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.spiss2.16