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Jean Mouton
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Birth and Death
- Born: Actual date unknown; estimated to be in 1459 or earlier, in Haut-Wignes, France.
- Death: October 30, 1522 in Saint-Quentin, France
- At this time, Mouton was made the principal composer for the French court.
- For the rest of his life, he was working for the court by writing music for different state occasions such as weddings, coronations, papal elections, births and deaths.
Jean Mouton
His life
- He was made a priest around this time and was then in charge of the choirboys at the cathedral in Amiens in 1500.
- In 1501, he moved to Grenoble to teach other choirboys but left the next year. It was assumed he entered the service of Queen Anne of Brittany. In 1509 he was granted a position in Grenoble again.
- His full name is Jean de Hollingue.
- It's unsure how he started but it's assumed he began as a singer and a teacher at the collegiate church in Saint Omer.
- He then moved to Nesle in 1477 and later in 1483 was made the maitre de chapelle.
(A maitre de chapelle is a person in charge of teaching and hearing music of Christian religious context.)
His work
Nesciens Mater
- Not all of his music survived but those that did are 9 Magnificat settings, 15 masses, 20 chansons, and over 100 motets.
- A well known motet of his is Christus vincet. It was played during the election of Leo X as pope in 1513. Leo liked his music and awarded him an honorary title for the occasion.
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