Johannes de Stokem
Johannes de Stokem (or Johannes Stokem, last name also Prato, Pratis, Stockem, Stokhem, Stoken, Stoccken, Stoecken, Sthoken; c. 1445 – 1487 or 1501), was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is considered to be part of the post-Dufay generation in France.
Also recorded as Johannes Stockem · Stoken
Johannes de Stokem
- Born
- 1445 · Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer
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Johannes de Stokem (or Johannes Stokem, last name also Prato, Pratis, Stockem, Stokhem, Stoken, Stoccken, Stoecken, Sthoken; c. 1445 – 1487 or 1501), was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is considered to be part of the post-Dufay generation in France.
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Johannes de Stokem (1445–1487) was a French composer. Born in Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the composer died in Hungary.
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Life
Life
He was a friend of Johannes Tinctoris, another composer of the period.
Stokem was born in 1445, probably in Stokkem near Liège. For parts of his life, he served under Beatrice of Aragon, the Queen of Hungary, and as part of the Papal Choir in Rome. He died in either 1487 or 1501.
Works
Works
• Brunette, from the Odhecaton • Harraytre Amours, recently arraigned into a string trio. • Le suis d'Alemagne (4 voices) • Ave Maria Maris Stella (2 voices)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1487
Johannes de Stokem died on 1 October 1487.
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Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
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Hungary.
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Music and influence
His piece, Brunette, was published in the Odhecaton and is an early example of a genre of music commonly known as "little brown-eyed girl." It is one of the few five-voice works found in the Odhecaton.
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- 1.Starr, Pamela F. Stokem, Johannes de.
- 2.Grove, George. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers. 1980. 978-0-333-23111-1.
- 3.Ohio State University Graduate School. The Renaissance Image of Man and the World. 1966.
- 4.Johannes de Stokem. October 2010.
- 5.Piffaro, The Renaissance Band.
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