In 1978, the countertenor Dominique Visse founded a Renaissance and Baroque ensemble named for this composer. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this early 16th-century Parisian composer who heavily used onomatopoeic vocal effects to craft imitative songs like “Il est bel et bon” (“il eh bel eh bohn”) and “La Bataille (“bah-TIE-yeh”).”
ANSWER: Clément Janequin (“CLAY-mahn ZHAH-neh-kahn”) [accept Ensemble Clément Janequin]
[10m] Parisian composers such as Janequin and Claudin de Sermisy abandoned the polyphonic texture of the Franco-Flemish school and moved towards this harmonic texture, in which all voices move essentially in parallel.
ANSWER: homophony [accept homophonic]
[10e] This leading composer of the Franco-Flemish school used similar homophonic textures to the Parisian school in his chanson Vive le roy. He is better known for the song “El grillo” and the Missa Pange lingua.
ANSWER: Josquin des Prez (“zhoh-SKAHN day pray”) [or Josquin des Prez; or Josquin Labloitte]
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