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Johannes Ockeghem

1410 - 1497

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Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410 – 6 February 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music. Ockeghem was a significant European composer in the period between Guillaume Du Fay and Josquin des Prez, and he was—with his colleague Antoine Busnois—a prominent European composer in the second half of the 15th century. He was an important proponent of the early Franco-Flemish School. Ockeghem was well associated with other prominent composers of the time, and spent most of his career serving the French royal court under Charles VII, Louis XI and Charles VIII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Ockeghem has received more than 320,687 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Ockeghem is the 133rd most popular composer (down from 129th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Belgium and the 4th most popular Belgian Composer.

Johannes Ockeghem is most famous for his chansons, which are a type of polyphonic vocal music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johannes Ockeghem ranks 133 out of 1,451. Before him are Daniel Auber, Benjamin Britten, Carl Nielsen, Maurice Jarre, Domenico Cimarosa, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. After him are Giovanni Gabrieli, César Cui, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Pérotin, Anton Rubinstein, and Marin Marais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1410, Johannes Ockeghem ranks 1. After him are Petrus Christus, Lekë Dukagjini, Domenico Veneziano, Stefan Lochner, Giorgio da Sebenico, Ibn Taghribirdi, Agnes Bernauer, Pedro Tafur, and William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. Among people deceased in 1497, Johannes Ockeghem ranks 2. Before him is Benozzo Gozzoli. After him are Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, John, Prince of Asturias, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, Beatrice d'Este, Ishak Pasha, Anna Sforza, António de Noli, Benedetto da Maiano, Lê Thánh Tông, and Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Johannes Ockeghem ranks 65 out of 1,190. Before him are Léon Degrelle (1906), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), and Maxime Weygand (1867). After him are Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), John of Gaunt (1340), Quentin Matsys (1466), and Jacques Rogge (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Johannes Ockeghem ranks 4. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), and César Franck (1822). After him are Jacob Obrecht (1457), Adrian Willaert (1490), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), Gilles Binchois (1400), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Pierre De Geyter (1848), and Heinrich Isaac (1450).

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