Missa Mille Regretz

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Missa Mille Regretz is a renowned Renaissance mass by Cristóbal de Morales, based on Josquin des Prez’s chanson "Mille regretz" and celebrated for its expressive, melancholic polyphony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance mass
parody mass
associatedComposer Cristóbal de Morales NERFINISHED
Josquin des Prez NERFINISHED
basedOn Mille regretz NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkComposer Josquin des Prez NERFINISHED
cataloguedAs Mass on Mille regretz NERFINISHED
composer Cristóbal de Morales NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Spain
derivesMelodicMaterialFrom Mille regretz (chanson) NERFINISHED
era 16th century
genre polyphonic mass
sacred music
hasMood melancholic
penitential
hasTheme sorrow and regret
historicalReputation one of Morales’s most celebrated masses
influencedBy Franco-Flemish polyphonic style
liturgicalUse Roman Catholic Mass NERFINISHED
movement Agnus Dei NERFINISHED
Credo NERFINISHED
Gloria NERFINISHED
Kyrie
Sanctus NERFINISHED
musicalPeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED
musicologicalSignificance important example of Spanish Renaissance parody mass
musicSubgenre parody mass based on secular model
notableFeature dense contrapuntal writing
expressive treatment of text in polyphony
notedFor expressive polyphony
melancholic character
use of Josquin’s chanson as cantus firmus
originalChansonLanguage French
originalChansonTitle Mille regretz
regionOfReception Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
wider European early music repertoire
relatedWork Mille regretz (chanson by Josquin des Prez) NERFINISHED
sacredOrSecular sacred
structure cyclic mass
style imitative counterpoint
parody technique
textLanguage Latin
typicalPerformanceContext concert performance of early music
liturgical service
usesSourceMaterialType secular chanson
vocalForces a cappella choir
vocalGenre mass ordinary setting

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Cristóbal de Morales notableWork Missa Mille Regretz