Josquin des Pr�s was born c. 1450 in Hainaut which was at that time part of
France. He spent most of his life in nothern Italy as singer and
composer. He is generally considered one of the most outstanding composers
of his period and contributed substantially to the development of new
compositional styles. More details on the composer my be found at
http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/desprez.html and http://www.josquin.com.

This modern edition of Josquin's 5 part setting of a dance tune (4
elaborate contrapuntal parts around the tune as cantus firmus) is an
attempt at a compromise between the barless mensural notation part books
used at the time of the composition and modern time usage of full
scores. In order to underline (my own interpretation of) the rhythmic flow
of the music I have replaced ties across barlines customary in modern
editions with single notes the duration of which takes up part of the
succeeding measure. For the the same purpose I often make use of beamings
across barlines - and consequently sometimes across line breaks.

This editorial method is to be seen as an experiment and I am therefore
very much interested in comments and suggestions for improvement.

Christian Mondrup scancm@biobase.dk