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Janequin

Clément Janequin
Dates
1485–1558
Era
Renaissance (1400–1600)
Recognition
essential
Wikipedia

Where to start with Janequin

Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles
  1. Vocal
    Assouvy suis, chanson
  2. Chamber
    La Battaglia, for lute
  3. Vocal
    Au joly jeu du pousse avant, chanson M.1/12
  4. Vocal
    Au verd boys je m’en irai, chanson, M.1/11
  5. Vocal
    Baisez moy tost, chanson for 4 voices, M.3/83
  6. Vocal
    Bel aubépin verdissant, chanson, M.6/251
  7. Vocal
    C'est a bon droit, chanson, M.2/28
  8. Vocal
    Ce moys de may, chanson, M.1/10
  9. Vocal
    Ce petit dieu qui vole, chanson, M.5/213
  10. Vocal
    Congregati sunt, motet
  11. Vocal
    D'un seul soleil, chanson, M.5/205
  12. Vocal
    Dont vient cela, je te supply
  13. Vocal
    En m'en venant de veoir, chanson, M.3/98
  14. Vocal
    Escoutez tous gentilz, chanson, M.1/3
  15. Vocal
    Escoutez tous gentilz, chanson, M.6/234

Listening guide

Hand-curated paths into Janequin's catalogue
  1. Le Chant des oiseaux
  2. La Guerre (La Bataille de Marignan)
  3. L\’Alouette (The Lark)
  4. Ce moys de may
  5. Au joly jeu

Most Acclaimed

  1. Le Chant des oiseaux
  2. La Chasse (The Hunt)
  3. Proverbes en musique
  4. La Guerre
  5. Les Cris de Paris (Street Cries of Paris)

Most Weird

  1. La Guerre
    battle sounds — fanfares, cannon fire, battle cries, the dying — represented through voice parts alone; composed 1515; deeply strange for the time
  2. La Chasse
    hunting calls and hounds in vocal parts
  3. Les Cris de Paris
    street vendors’ calls reproduced in four-voice texture — urban documentary in music
  4. Le Caquet des femmes
    the chattering of women — rapid syllabic repetition
  5. L\’Alouette
    the lark\’s song — onomatopoeia before the word existed

Similar composers

Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinity

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