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Maistre Jhan (also Jehan, Jan, Ihan) (c. 1485 – October 1538) was a French composer of the Renaissance, active for most of his career in Ferrara, Italy. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 - 1600 Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest An enigmatic figure, of whom little biographical information has yet emerged, he was one of the earliest composers of madrigals as well as a prominent musician at the Este court in the early 16th century. A madrigal is a type of Secular vocal music composition written during the Renaissance and early Baroque eras "Este" redirects here For the city see Este Italy. For Tolkien's fictional character see Estë.

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Biography

Nothing is known of his early life, other than that he was French, for the earliest reference to him in the records of the Este court in Ferrara are as a "singer from France. " He received his first payment from them in 1512, and remained employed there until his death 26 years later. During that time, as evident from the number of dedications made to him and favorable commentary in the records, he must have been honored; and he was maestro di cappella, choirmaster, for an unknown amount of the time. Several contemporary writers, including influential music theorist Adrianus Coclico, mention him as an expert composer. Adrianus Petit Coclico ( Flanders, 1499 &ndash Copenhagen, after Sept [1]

Several composers with similar names have been confused with Maistre Jhan. Pioneering 19th-century French musicologist François-Joseph Fétis mistook him for Jhan Gero; records at Ferrara seem to identify him with Jehan le Cocq and Johannus Gallus, people who have since been determined to be individuals; a Maistre Jhan in Verona has turned out to be Jan Nasco. Musicology ( Greek: μουσική = "music" and λόγος = "word" or "reason" is the scholarly study of Music François-Joseph Fétis ( March 25, 1784 &mdash March 26, 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, Composer, critic Jhan Gero (also Ghero Giero first name rendered occasionally as Jehan Jan (fl Jan Nasco (c 1510 – 1561 was a Franco-Flemish composer and writer on music mainly active in Italy [2]

Works and influence

While famous during his time, Jhan's work has largely faded into obscurity. He wrote in most of the genres current in the early 16th century, including, in sacred vocal music, masses (all but one of which are lost), motets, and lamentations. In style the sacred music is similar to the work of Josquin des Prez (died 1521), using imitative passages alternating with homophony. Josquin des Prez (c 1450 to 1455 &ndash August 27 1521 often referred to simply as Josquin, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. In Music, homophony (hoʊˈmɒfəni from Greek "homófonos" where ομοιο = the same and φωνή = a sound tone is a texture in which two or more Jhan wrote his one surviving setting of the mass for the accession to the dukedom of Ercole II d'Este (1534); it uses cantus-firmus technique. In Music, a cantus firmus ("fixed song" is a pre-existing Melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition. [3]

Jhan's secular music includes madrigals and at least one chanson. The madrigals appear in publications from 1530 to 1550; his five madrigals published in 1530, along with works by Verdelot, are part of the first book of madrigals ever to be published with that name. In 1542 three of his madrigals appear alongside composers such as Costanzo Festa, Francesco Corteccia, and Hubert Naich; the style of his works is similar to that of Verdelot, and represents the earliest stage of the genre, before it developed its peculiar individuality. Costanzo Festa (c 1485 to 1490 &ndash April 10, 1545) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. Francesco Corteccia ( July 27, 1502 – June 7, 1571) was an Italian composer organist and teacher of the Renaissance. Hubert Naich (Huberti Huberto (c 1513 – c 1546 was a composer of the Renaissance, probably of Flemish origin principally active in Rome. [4][5]

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Notes

  1. ^ Nugent, Haar, Grove online
  2. ^ Einstein, V. I p. 307
  3. ^ Nugent, Haar, Grove online
  4. ^ Einstein, V. I p. 307
  5. ^ Nugent, Haar, Grove online
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