Josquin Baston

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Josquin Baston (c. 1515 – c. 1576) was a Netherlandish (Franco-Flemish) composer of the mid-16th century whose biography is only patchily recoverable, but whose music turns up repeatedly in important printed anthologies. Modern summaries place him in Scandinavian service from the 1550s, working as Kapellmeister at the court of King Christian III of Denmark, and after Christian III’s death finding employment at a Swedish court. A number of his pieces circulated widely enough to be printed alongside far better-documented contemporaries: they appear in Sigismund Salblinger’s Concentus (1545) and in the so-called Leuven Collection (1554), and later writers (notably Charles Burney) singled out his music for its rhythmic ease and melodic clarity. Because documentation is thin and the name “Baston” overlaps with other musicians, some modern commentary treats aspects of his identity as uncertain (including whether “Josquin” vs “Johannes/Joannes” might reflect a conflation), but his surviving repertory—especially chansons, plus sacred items—has been sufficiently substantial to support modern recordings devoted to him. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

Baston: Flemish and French Chansons

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At the Sign of the Crumhorn: Flemish Songs and Dance Music

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Flemish Songs And Dance Music

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Josquin Baston: Chansons

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Au pres de vous

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At The Sign Of The Crumhorn - Flemish Songs & Dance Music

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At the Sign of the Crumhorn

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The Landscape of the Polyphonists

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Les Plaisirs du Palais

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Les Plaisirs du Palais (Ensemble Clément Janequin feat. conductor: Dominique Visse)

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Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense, At the Sign of the Crumhorn

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The Instruments Of The Orchestra

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