Johannes Ockeghem
Aliases: Jean de Ockegham; Johannes Ockenheim; Johannes Okeghem; Johannes Okchem; Johannes Ogkegum; Jean de 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. More discussion may be found on the blueheron.org page.
View the Wikipedia article on Johannes Ockeghem.
List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Johannes Ockeghem compositions
| Op.a | Genre | Title | Voices | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Mass | Missa Quinti toni | 3 | |
| 1.2 | Mass | Missa sine nomine | 3 | |
| 1.3 | Mass | Missa au travail suis | 4 | Parody of 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 | |
| Mass | Missa Gaudeamus | 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 | Chigi codex, no. 15 (Introitus, Kyrie, Tractus & Communio) |
| 2.16 | Mass | Missa "Pour quelque paine" | 4 | Dubious, attrib. Cornelius Heyns in one source |
| 3.1 | Motet | Alma Redemptoris Mater | 4 | |
| 3.2 | Motet | Ave Maria | 4 | |
| 3.3 | Motet | Intemerata Dei mater | 5 | |
| 3.4? | Motet | Salve ReginaI? | 4 | |
| 3.5 | Motet | Ut heremita solus | 4 | Textless |
| 3.6 | Vivit Dominus | |||
| 3.7 | Celeste beneficium | doubtful | ||
| 3.8 | Canon | Deo gratias (36 part canon) | 36 | Of dubious attribution |
| Canon | Sanctus | 4 | canon 4 in 2 | |
| 3.102 | Chanson | Au traveil suis | 3 | Possibly by Barbingant (fl.c.1470) |
| 1 | Chanson | Aultre Venus estés | 3 | |
| 2 | Chanson | Baisiés moy dont fort | 3 | |
| 3 | Chanson | D'un autre amer | 3 | |
| 4 | Chanson | Fors seulement l'actente | 3 | M. Picker Fors Seulement: Thirty Compositions (RRMMA&ER xiv) gives 2 versions: "1a" (Dijon ms., w/o dotted rhythms) and "1b" (other sources & parody mass) |
| 5 | Chanson | Fors seullement contre | 3 | Same melody as Fors seulement l'actente"", but set in bass (Picker's version "2") |
| 6 | Chanson | Il ne m'en chault | 3 | |
| 7, 7a | Chanson | J'en ay dueil | 4 | |
| 9 | Chanson | L'autre d'antan | ||
| 8 | Chanson | La despourveue | ||
| 10 | Chanson | Les desléaulx ont la saison | ||
| 3.78 | Chanson | Ma bouche rit | 3 | |
| 12 | Chanson | Ma maistresse | ||
| 3.86 | Lament | Mort tu as navrè de ton dart | 4 | Lament on the death of Binchois |
| 14 | Chanson | O rosa bella | ||
| 15 | Chanson | Prenez sur moi | 3 | fuga trium vocum |
| 16 | Chanson | Presque transi | ||
| 18, 18a | Chanson | Qu'es mi vida preguntays | 4 | Johannes Cornago |
| 17 | Chanson | Quant de vous seul | ||
| 19 | Chanson | S'elle m'amera/Petite camusette | ||
| 20 | Chanson | Se vostre cuer eslongne | ||
| 21 | Chanson | Tant fuz gentement resjouy | ||
| 22 | Chanson | Ung aultre l'a | ||
| 23 | Au travail suis | doubtful | ||
| 24 | Departs vous | doubtful | ||
| 25 | Malheur me bat | doubtful | ||
| 26 | Permanente vierge | doubtful | ||
| Mass | Missa Ma maitresse | 4 | Chigi codex, no. 7 (incomplete) |
- 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
- Works by Johannes Ockeghem in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
- Ockeghem homepage (internal links broken, but much material available by scrolling)
- Krenek's 1953 monograph, fallen into public domain