Johannes Ockegham (1 janv. 1410 – 1 janv. 1497)

Description:

the most famous composer of the Franco-Flemish School in the last half of the 15th century. He is considered to be the most influential composer in the period between Du Fay and Josquin de Prez. Wrote caput Masses.

Ockeghem composed several technically difficult pieces, including his Missa
Prolationum and the Missa cuiusvis toni.

Love Songs
1. The bergerette originated in the fifteenth century.
a. It combines two of the formes fixes (rondeau and virelai).
b. Ockeghem’s Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure is an early example of
the bergerette.