Av Maria By Josquin Des Prez

Few information is known from the life of Josquin des Prez, the author of the piece Ave Maria… virgo serena. But he made us remember him for decades and until now through this same piece. It is recognized by most as his best work and an influence in the Renaissance period. But why is that? Ave Maria … virgo serena is a motet, and one of the most famous of the 15th century. It became even more famous in the 16th century, being the first in the list of motets ever printed. Josquin composed it during his service at the North Italian court at Milan as a devotion to the Virgin Mary. He used all four voices in imitative fashion at the beginning, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Then he arranged them in pairs of imitating voices: soprano-alto, and tenor-bass. In this paper we will see what it represented during the renaissance, and its composition, the lyrics, and the meaning of this work. We will also see the life of the author and his particular style of composing

Life of Josquin des Prez
Few are known about the life of Josquin des Prez. He was the most important composer of the High Renaissance period writing both secular and sacred music. He is believed to be born in Northern France of Southern Belgium, his date of birth is not known with exactitude either, but it ranges
It is an interesting piece and we will go through it in detail. During the Renaissance era, lot of disciplines emerged to a new level, with new methods and thinking. One of them is music, and most musicians were to show their methods and creativity. We could see the obvious progress and changes from the role and meaning of music from the Middle age. Josquin did compose both secular and sacred music though, and Ave Maria was one of his earliest works, appearing on a manuscript between 1485 and 1490. We will then go through the few we know about his life and we will see what music was about during the