Josquin des Prez: Inviolata

Featuring

Jacob Heringman
Josquin des Prez
Alonso Mudarra
Enríquez de Valderrábano
Hans Neusiedler

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Recording & Production

The recording for this album took place across several dates between 2016 and 2020 at St Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw College, near Durham, UK.

Interpretation

Jacob Heringman believes that being authentic in performance means interrogating, interpreting, arranging, and even recomposing original vocal music, as this is what lutenists historically did.

Album & Artwork

This album, "Inviolata," is a second recording of Josquin lute intabulations by Jacob Heringman, released to mark the 500th anniversary of Josquin des Prez's death.

Instruments

Jacob Heringman performs on three different instruments for this album: a six-course lute in E, a vihuela de mano in G, and a six-course lute in G.

Composer Biography

Josquin des Prez, a Renaissance composer, was not only a composer but also a singer, choir director, and likely a lutenist, according to his contemporaries.

Interpretation

Performer Jacob Heringman includes his own arrangements alongside those of sixteenth-century lutenist-composers like Gerle, Mudarra, Neusidler, and Gintzler, considering it an authentic practice for lutenists.

Compositional Technique

The piece "Inviolata" is based on an eleventh-century chant, and its intabulations, such as Hans Gerle's, reveal specific modal decisions that eliminate speculation about the composer's original intent.