Okehem

Japanese: オケヘム

A composer who represents the first period of the Netherlandish school. Also known as Ockeghem. Birthplace unknown. He served three French kings, starting with Charles VII, and was active in the French court, which regained its vitality after the end of the Hundred Years' War (1453). In 1465 he became the conductor of the court chapel, and later traveled to Spain and Flanders. He spent his later years in Tours, where he died. Although only a few of his compositions have been preserved to this day, the majority of his works are religious music, and his masses written for the royal chapel are particularly important. These works inherit the style of the circular mass established by Dufay, and are characterized by strict polyphony in which each voice creates its own long-lasting melodic line. The complex techniques he used in his compositions had a considerable influence on the next generation, such as Josquin des Prez and Pierre de la Rue (c. 1460-1518). He also left behind the oldest surviving polyphonic requiem (around the 1480s), as well as motets and secular chansons. His death was mourned by many writers of the time, and Erasmus and others dedicated memorial poems to him.

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Japanese:

フランドル楽派の第１期を代表する作曲家。オケゲムともいう。生地は不詳。シャルル７世以下３代のフランス国王に仕え，百年戦争の終結（1453年）で活気をとりもどしたフランス宮廷で活躍した。1465年宮廷礼拝堂楽長となり，のちスペインとフランドルにも旅した。晩年はトゥールで暮らし，同地で死去。今日に伝わる作品数は多くないが，その中心は宗教曲で，王室礼拝堂のために書かれたミサ曲が特に重要。それらはデュファイが確立した循環ミサ曲の様式を受け継ぎ，各声部が息の長い独自の旋律線を形づくる厳格なポリフォニーを特徴とする。そこに盛られた複雑な技法は，次世代のジョスカン・デ・プレ，ピエール・ド・ラ・リュー〔1460ころ-1518〕らに少なからぬ影響を与えた。また，現存する最古のポリフォニーによるレクイエム（1480年代ころ）も残され，ほかにモテット，世俗シャンソン（シャンソン）がある。その死は当時の文人たちに哀惜され，エラスムスらが追悼詩を捧げた。

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