This piece O mors inevitabilis, "Lamentation sur la mort de Josquin" is a seven part motet.
This interesting motet ”Lamentatio super morte, Josquin de Prés” written by Hieronymus Vinders at the occasion of the death of JOSQUIN in 1521 is written for seven voices (SSATTBB). In different sources this work has been found in 1536 in Munich, in 1545 by Susato, Antwerp and in 1564 by Montanus, Nuremberg. Vinders quotes two plainchant out of the rite Pro defunctis. The Tenor primus, a tenor voice sings the plainchant `Requiem Aeternam` out of the Invitatorium Ad Matutinum Officium Defunctorom. The Sexta pars, a tenor voice sings the plainchant `Requiem Aeternam` out of the Introit of the Missae pro Defunctis. And the two Bass voices are imitating bells of dead. This work consists out of 60 bars and from bar 48 nearly all voices, except tenor primus, are singing `requiescat in pace`. The Sexta pars ends with: Proptera tu musice: requiescat in pace! If you hear and see this work; this Epithaphium to Josquin sounds like a triumph over the dead to be in heaven with the musicae, Muses!
♫ O mors inevitabilis, "Lamentation sur la mort de Josquin"
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