Josquin: Missa De Beata Virgine; Missa Ave Maris Stella; Credo Quarti Toni Tallis Scholars/Phillips: review

(Gimell)Authenticating many of Josquin des Prés's works, both sacred and secular, is a challenge for renaissance musicologists. In the first decades of the 16th century, when the Franco-Flemish composer's fame was at its height, the demand for his works far outstripped the supply; many counterfeits were created, with works by his pupils, as well as by other lesser composers, passed off as having come from the great man. There are even doubts about the authorship of the Credo Quarti Toni, includ...

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