Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Josquin des Prez across 2 places, from 1483 to 1521.
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Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez ( – 27 August 1521) was a composer of Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1483year
Condé-sur-l'Escautattested“A pair of 1483 documents found in Condé-sur-l'Escaut identify the composer as the nephew of Gille Lebloitte dit des Prez and the son of Gossard Lebloitte dit des Prez.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
30 May 1503exact date
Ferraraattested“Josquin arrived in Ferrara by 30 May 1503, to serve Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, an arts patron who had been trying for many years to replace the composer and choirmaster Johannes Martini, who had recently died.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
3 May 1504exact date
Ferraraattested“Josquin probably moved from Ferrara to his home region of Condé-sur-l'Escaut, and became provost of the collegiate church of Notre-Dame on 3 May 1504; he may have obtained the post from Philip I's sponsorship.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
27 August 1521exact date
Condé-sur-l'Escautattested“He died on 27 August 1521 and left his possessions to Condé's chapter of Notre Dame.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
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19 April 1477exact date
Aix-en-Provencementioned“The first firm record of Josquin's employment is from 19 April 1477 when he was a singer in the chapel of René of Anjou, in Aix-en-Provence.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
Condé-sur-l'Escautmentioned“A surviving record indicates that Josquin was in Milan by 15 May 1484, perhaps just after his 1483 trip to Condé.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
15 May 1484exact date
Milanmentioned“A surviving record indicates that Josquin was in Milan by 15 May 1484, perhaps just after his 1483 trip to Condé.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
July 1484month
Parismentioned“Josquin went to Rome with Ascanio in July 1484 for a year, and may have gone to Paris for a litigation suit involving the benefice in Saint Aubin during the later 1480s.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
1485 to 1539period
Viennamentioned“Between 1485 and 1489 Josquin may have served under the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus in Vienna; an account by the Cardinal Girolamo Aleandro in 1539 recalls the archbishop of Esztergom stating that the court of Matthias included "exc…”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
January 1489month
Milanmentioned“Josquin was in Milan again in January 1489, probably until early May, and met the theorist and composer Franchinus Gaffurius there.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
June 1489month
Romementioned“From June 1489 until at least April 1494, Josquin was a member of the papal choir in Rome, under Pope Innocent VIII then the Borgia pope Alexander VI.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
April 1494month
Romementioned“The Sistine Chapel's monthly payment records give the best record of Josquin's career, but all papal chapel records from April 1494 to November 1500 are lost, making it unknown when he left Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
August 1494month
Cambraimentioned“In August 1494 he went to Cambrai, as attested by a vin d'honneur () record, and he may have returned to Rome soon after.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
1498year
Cambraimentioned“From then to 1498 there is no firm evidence for his activities; Fallows suggests he stayed in Cambrai for these four years, citing Johannes Manlius's 1562 book Locorum communium collectanea, which associates Josquin with Cambrai's musica…”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
1498year
Milanmentioned“Two letters between members of the House of Gonzaga and Ascanio Sforza suggest that Josquin may have re-entered the service of the Sforza family in Milan around 1498; they refer to a servant Juschino who delivered the hunting dogs to the…”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
1498year
Florencementioned“The latter might be a veiled reference to the religious reformer Girolamo Savonarola, who had been burned at the stake in Florence in 1498, and for whom Josquin seems to have had a special reverence; the text was Savonarola's favorite ps…”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
1499year
Milanmentioned“Josquin probably did not stay in Milan long, since his former employers were captured during Louis XII's 1499 invasion.”source: Wikipedia: Josquin des Prez
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