Jean Richafort (c. 1480 – c. 1547) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance, a member of the third generation of the Franco-Flemish School.
He was probably born in Hainaut, and his native language appears to have been French. According to the poet Ronsard, Richafort studied with Josquin des Prez, an association further borne out by the fact that he composed a requiem "in memoriam Josquin Desprez". Richafort served as choir master at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen between 1507 and 1509, and at St. Giles' church in Bruges between 1542 and 1547—leaving a huge gap in the record of his activity. At some time between these dates he was associated with the French royal chapel, since some of his music is for official occasions connected with Louis XII, and there is some evidence he may have been in Brussels in 1531 in the service of Queen Mary of Hungary, who was regent there.
Musically, Richafort was a representative of the first generation after Josquin, and he followed his style in many ways. In some of his music he used fragments of Josquin's compositions as a tribute. Richafort's compositional techniques are typical of the period (smooth polyphony, pervasive imitation, etc.) but he was unusually attentive to the clear setting of text so the words could be understood.
He wrote a requiem for six voices (Requiem in memoriam Josquin des Prez, 1532), masses, motets, settings of the Magnificat, two secular motets, and chansons.
JeanRichafort (c. 1480 – c. 1547) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance, a member of the third generation of the Franco-Flemish School. He was...
vocal scoring was often richer, for example in the six-voice Requiem by JeanRichafort which he wrote for the death of Josquin des Prez. Other composers before...
performance of Arvo Pärt's 'Canon of Repentance' (composed in 1998), works by JeanRichafort and his parodists, a program of works originally written for Charles...
this tradition, including those by Ockeghem, Pierre de la Rue, Brumel, JeanRichafort, Pedro de Escobar, Antoine de Févin, Morales, Palestrina, Tomás Luis...
vocal scoring was often richer, for example in the six-voice Requiem by JeanRichafort which he wrote for the death of Josquin des Prez. Other composers before...
Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597) Giovanni Battista Riccio (fl. 1609–1621) JeanRichafort (c. 1480 – after 1547) Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711) Franz Xaver...
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Perkins, Leeman L. (2009) [2001]. "Ockeghem [Okeghem, Hocquegam, Okegus etc.], Jean de". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630...
Leipzig (b. c. 1490) – approx. year Pierre Moulu, Franco-Flemish composer (b. c. 1484) – approx. year JeanRichafort, Netherlandish composer (b. c. 1480)...
motets (other composers with works in the collection include Jean Mouton, JeanRichafort, Jacquet of Mantua, Cristóbal de Morales, and others). Another...
Longueval but not Jean Braconnier (died 1512). Anne's Chapelle de la Reine led by Antoine Divitis included Jean Mouton, JeanRichafort, Claudin de Sermisy...
Cypriano de Rore Missa Quem dicunt homines 4 17 1599 Parody Motet by JeanRichafort Missa quinti toni 6 19 1600 Freely composed Missa Regina coeli 5 20...
Clemens non Papa, Crecquillon, Josquin des Prez, Johannes Lupi, and JeanRichafort, the books also include anonyma and compositions by less well-known...
Canticorum II (1994) Leonhard Lechner, Guillaume Dufay, Brian Elias, JeanRichafort, Heinrich Schütz, Joanne Metcalf, John Plummer, Ludwig Sennfl, Wilhelm...
Praeter rerum seriem. Madrigaux et motets. Harmonia Mundi901760. 2003 – JeanRichafort: Requiem (in memoriam Josquin Desprez) à 6 voix, motets. Harmonia Mundi...
Pedro Guerrero, Francisco Guerrero, Juan García de Basurto, Jean Maillard, JeanRichafort, Thomas Crecquillon, Simon Boyleau, Rodrigo de Ceballos, Juan...
master at St. Rombouts in Mechelen between 1509 and 1513, replacing JeanRichafort. That he held a position of such high status, in a church which was...
Jheronimus Vinders, as well as the anonymous Absolve, quaesumus, while JeanRichafort's requiem musically quoted him. Josquin's compositions traveled widely...
From around 1600 such Magnificats are also composed for the organ, e.g. Jean Titelouze's 1626 Le Magnificat ou Cantique de la Vierge pour toucher sur...
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