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Nymphes des bois, also known as La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem, is a lament composed by Josquin des Prez on the occasion of the death of his predecessor Johannes Ockeghem in February 1497. The piece, based on a poem by Jean Molinet and including the funeral text Requiem Aeternam as a cantus firmus, is in five voices. In the first of its two parts Josquin cleverly mimics the contrapuntal style of Ockeghem. This chanson is one of Josquin`s best-known works, and often considered one of the most haunting and moving memorial works ever penned.

	King`s Singers Josquin Desprez - Nymphes des bois (La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem) Nymphes des bois, also known as La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem, is a lament composed by Josquin des Prez on the occasion of the death of his predecessor Johannes Ockeghem in February 1497. The piece, based on a poem by Jean Molinet and including the funeral text Requiem Aeternam as a cantus firmus, is in five voices. In the first of its two parts Josquin cleverly mimics the contrapuntal style of Ockeghem. This chanson is one of Josquin`s best-known works, and often considered one of the most haunting and moving memorial works ever penned. David Hurley (hautecontre) THE KING`S SINGERS: David Hurley (countertenor); Alastair Hume (countertenor); Robert Chilcott (tenor); Bruce Russell (baritone); Simon Carrington (baritone); Stephen Connolly (bass). Recorded at the Great Hall of Forde Abbey, Dorset (England), September 20-25, 1992. (6)