Johannes Ockeghem
Aliases: Jean de Ockegham; Ockenheim; Okeghem; Okchem; Ogkegum; Hocquegam
Life
Born: c. 1410-1425
Died: 6 February 1497
Biography
Johannes Ockeghem 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.
Around 39 spellings of his last name are recorded, Ockeghem as well as Okeghem being used in the Chigi codex, the most important source of his works. E. Giraudet (1885) proposed Jean de Ockeghem as a standard spelling based on a purported signature, since lost. Glareanus (1547) germanizes it to Johannes Ockenheim; other versions fall somewhere between Jan Hocquegam and Obghuen.
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- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Johannes Ockeghem compositions
List of choral works at CPDL
Sacred works
Secular works
List of all known works
Op.a | Genre | Title | Voices | Comments |
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1.1 | mass | Missa Quinti toni | 3 | |
1.2 | mass | Missa Sine nomine | 3 | |
1.3 | mass | Missa au travail suis | 4 | Parody of Au traveil suis, chanson by Ockeghem or Barbinguant |
1.4 | mass | Missa cuiusvis toni | 4 | |
1.5 | mass | Missa De plus en plus | 4 | |
1.6 | mass | Missa Ecce ancilla Domini | 4 | |
1.7 | mass | Missa L'homme armé | 4 | |
2.9 | mass | Missa Mi-Mi | 4 | |
2.10 | mass | Missa prolationum | 4 | |
2.11 | mass | Missa "Caput" | 4 | tenor from antiphon Venit ad Patrem' |
2.12 | mass movement | Credo sine nomine | 4 | Paraphrase of Credo I |
2.13 | mass | Missa "Fors seulement" | 5 | parody of own chanson |
2.14 | mass | Missa Sine nomine | 5 | Kyrie, Gloria & Credo |
2.15 | requiem | Missa pro defunctis | 4 | Consists of Introitus, Kyrie, Tractus & Communio |
2.16 | mass | Missa "Pour quelque paine" | 4 | dubious, attrib. Cornelius Heyns in one source |
motet | Alma Redemptoris Mater | 4 | ||
chanson | Au traveil suis | 3 | possibly by Barbinguant (fl.c.1470) | |
motet | Ave Maria | 4 | ||
canon | Deo gratias (36 part canon) | 36 | of dubious attribution | |
motet | Intemerata Dei mater | 5 | ||
chanson | Ma bouche rit | 3 | ||
lament | Mort tu as navrè de ton dart | 4 | Lament on the death of Binchois | |
motet | Salve Regina | 4 | ||
canon | Sanctus | 4 | ||
chanson | Prenez sur moi | 3 |
- a. Opere, ed. Plamenac
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Publications
Modern editions are the Collected Works edited by Dragan Plamenac (1927-1959) and the Masses and Mass Sections edited by Jap van Benthem
External links
- Ockeghem homepage
- Krenek's 1953 monograph, fallen into public domain