Johannes Prioris

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Johannes Prioris (c. 1460 – c. 1514) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the first composers to write a polyphonic setting of the Requiem Mass. He may have been born in Brabant. Very little is known about his life, except what can be inferred by the distribution of his manuscripts, and from his musical style. There is some evidence that he spent time in Rome as a singer at St. Peter's, since a similar name to his appears in the account ledgers, and his music appears in seven separate manuscript sources in the Vatican archives. Some time after 1500 he probably moved to France, since he is twice called the maître de chapelle to King Louis XII; once in a letter from Ferrara, and once by Jean d'Auton. He probably died before King Louis XII (1515) since there was a new maître de chapelle for the king's funeral ceremonies. Prioris wrote six masses, of which five are still extant, including a famous Requiem, which he may have written for the funeral of Anne of Brittany, who died in 1514. He also wrote settings of the Magnificat, motets, chansons, and some examples of an early 16th century genre which blended the last two: the motet-chanson. Most of his chansons look back to the style of Antoine Busnois and Hayne van Ghizeghem, while his motet writing, and especially his mass writing, shows elements of Italian influence, such as a chordal rather than a densely contrapuntal style. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License;

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Prioris: Consommo la vita mia

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Johannes Prioris: Deuil et ennuy

Prioris, J.: Requiem / Missa Super Allez Regrets

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Prioris: Masses

great music from the court of henry viii

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Henry VIII: Choral and Instrumental Music

Missa Pro Defunctis

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Renaissance Music - Holborne, A. / Dowland, J. / Henry Viii / Rosseter, P. / Prioris, J. (Good Companye - Great Music From A Tudor Court)

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cançons flamenques d'amor cor

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Basevi Codex - Music at the Court of Margaret of Austria

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Masters from Flanders: Polyphony from the 15th & 16th century Vol. IX

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Queen of Hearts: Laments and Songs of Regret for Queens Terrestrial and Celestial

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