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style, while the motets are typically isorhythmic. Many of the motets are for four voices. One of the distinguishing features of his motet style is the frequent use of an opening duet for two high voices, after which the remaining voices join in; this was to become a hallmark of the Burgundian
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employed him as rector of the chapel, a post which he retained until 1443. In 1445 he moved to Liège, where he had a post at the
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techniques (frequent 6-3 parallelism in two voices singing above the principal melody part in the tenor voice),
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Survival of music from this age is spotty, and many sources of music from Liège were destroyed when
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sacked the city in 1468. Nevertheless, some of Brassart's music has survived, including 11
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techniques, and frequently wrote with the melodic part in the top voice.
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The mass movements, all for three voices, most often employ the
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His music is typical of the early Burgundian style, using
147:. All of his surviving music is sacred, and includes 197:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 8: 216:. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. 63:collegiate church of St John the Evangelist 166:The introits are among the earliest known 41:He was most likely born in the village of 245:International Music Score Library Project 195:Keith E. Mixter: "Johannes Brassart", in 296:15th-century Franco-Flemish composers 7: 226:Peter Wright, "Brassart, Johannes", 14: 286:Belgian male classical composers 251:Free scores by Johannes Brassart 241:Free scores by Johannes Brassart 170:settings of this section of the 182:style. His most famous motet, 190:References and further reading 73:. In the mid-1420s he visited 1: 106:collegiate church of St. Paul 20: 255:Choral Public Domain Library 291:Burgundian school composers 281:Belgian classical composers 322: 96:In 1432 Brassart went to 51:prince-bishopric of Liège 214:Music in the Renaissance 53:(now in the province of 128:, and many individual 91:Te dignitas presularis 301:Renaissance composers 143:, and the Burgundian 19:(also Jean Brasart) ( 306:People from Tongeren 145:under-third cadence 112:Music and influence 228:Grove Music Online 172:Proper of the Mass 102:Emperor Sigismund 79:Arnold de Lantins 69:, where he was a 31:Burgundian school 17:Johannes Brassart 313: 118:Charles the Bold 25: 22: 321: 320: 316: 315: 314: 312: 311: 310: 261: 260: 237: 192: 184:O flos fragrans 155:, and numerous 114: 87:O flos fragrans 83:Guillaume Dufay 39: 23: 12: 11: 5: 319: 317: 309: 308: 303: 298: 293: 288: 283: 278: 273: 263: 262: 259: 258: 248: 236: 235:External links 233: 232: 231: 224: 207: 191: 188: 113: 110: 38: 35: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 318: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 294: 292: 289: 287: 284: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 268: 266: 256: 252: 249: 246: 242: 239: 238: 234: 229: 225: 223: 222:0-393-09530-4 219: 215: 211: 210:Gustave Reese 208: 206: 205:1-56159-174-2 202: 198: 194: 193: 189: 187: 185: 180: 175: 173: 169: 164: 162: 161:cantus firmus 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 133: 131: 127: 123: 119: 111: 109: 107: 103: 99: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 36: 34: 32: 29: 18: 257:(ChoralWiki) 213: 196: 183: 176: 165: 134: 115: 95: 90: 86: 40: 16: 15: 276:1455 deaths 271:1400 births 179:fauxbourdon 151:movements, 137:fauxbourdon 132:movements. 28:Renaissance 24: 1400 265:Categories 168:polyphonic 141:isorhythm 71:succentor 153:introits 126:introits 47:Tongeren 253:in the 247:(IMSLP) 243:at the 59:Belgium 55:Limburg 49:in the 220:  203:  157:motets 122:motets 98:Basel 67:Liège 45:near 218:ISBN 201:ISBN 149:mass 130:mass 124:, 8 81:and 75:Rome 43:Lauw 37:Life 65:in 267:: 212:, 174:. 93:. 57:, 21:c.

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Renaissance
Burgundian school
Lauw
Tongeren
prince-bishopric of Liège
Limburg
Belgium
collegiate church of St John the Evangelist
Liège
succentor
Rome
Arnold de Lantins
Guillaume Dufay
Basel
Emperor Sigismund
collegiate church of St. Paul
Charles the Bold
motets
introits
mass
fauxbourdon
isorhythm
under-third cadence
mass
introits
motets
cantus firmus
polyphonic
Proper of the Mass
fauxbourdon

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