Johannes de Stokem or Johannes Stokem, was a Flemish

Flemish people

The Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...

 composer of the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

. He is considered to be part of the post-Dufay

Dufay

Dufay is the surname of* Charles François du Fay, French chemist* Guillaume Dufay, a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist* Rick Dufay, a former guitarist with AerosmithDufay can also refer to...

 generation in France. He was a friend of Johannes Tinctoris

Johannes Tinctoris

Johannes Tinctoris was a Flemish composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is known to have studied in Orléans, and to have been master of the choir there; he also may have been director of choirboys at Chartres...

, another composer of the period.

Life

Stokem was born in 1445 near Liège

Liège

Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....

. For parts of his life, he served under Beatrice of Aragon, the Queen of Hungary, and as part of the Papal Choir in Rome. He died in either 1487 or 1501.

Music and Influence

His piece, Brunette, was published in the Odhecaton and is an early example of a genre of music commonly known as "little brown-eyed girl." It is one of the few five-voice works found in the Odhecaton.

Works

1. Brunette, from the Odhecaton
2. Harraytre Amours, recently arraigned into a string trio
   String trio
   A string trio is a group of three string instruments or a piece written for such a group. The term is generally used with reference to works of chamber music from the Classical period to the present.-History:...
   
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3. Le suis d'Alemagne (4 voices)
4. Ave Maria Maris Stella (2 voices)