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Josquin Des Prez

Missa sine nomine (Josquin)

The Missa Sine nomine is a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass by Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez. It is a work of his maturity, probably dating from the period after he returned to

References#

  • Jeremy Noble: “Josquin des Prez”, 12, Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed March 25, 2007), (subscription access)
  • M. Jennifer Bloxam, “Masses on Polyphonic Songs”, in Robert Scherr, ed., The Josquin Companion. Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • Harold Gleason and Warren Becker, Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Music Literature Outlines Series I). Bloomington, Indiana. Frangipani Press, 1986.
  • Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954.
  • Gustave Reese (biography) and Jeremy Noble (works), “Josquin Desprez,” Howard Mayer Brown, “Mass”, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980.
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Josquin Des Prez