Ondřej Chrysoponus Jevíčský
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Ondřej Chrysoponus Jevíčský (also Andreas Chrysoponus Gevicenus) (c.1550 - died after 1590) was a Czech composer
who was active in Prachatice
in southern Bohemia
from 1576–1582. He composed works mainly for Czech schools and literary associations. The majority of his output was settings of Latin texts for five to nine voices with melodies inspired by Gregorian chant
s and Czech sacred songs. His only publication, Bicinia nova (Prague, 1579) is a collection of 100 two-voice works. Also extant are four masses
for six to eight voices, two cycles of Proper chants and 25 motet
s; all these works, with the exception of the motet Et valde mane (1578), survive incomplete.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
who was active in Prachatice
Prachatice
Prachatice is a town in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic.-History:The town of Prachatice has its origins in the 11th century, following the beginning of trade on the "Golden Path"...
in southern Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
from 1576–1582. He composed works mainly for Czech schools and literary associations. The majority of his output was settings of Latin texts for five to nine voices with melodies inspired by Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services...
s and Czech sacred songs. His only publication, Bicinia nova (Prague, 1579) is a collection of 100 two-voice works. Also extant are four masses
Mass (music)
The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...
for six to eight voices, two cycles of Proper chants and 25 motet
Motet
In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
s; all these works, with the exception of the motet Et valde mane (1578), survive incomplete.
Source
- Jiří Sehnal. "Chrysoponus [Chrysogonus] Gevicenus [Gevicensis], Andreas [Chrysoponus Jevíčský, Ondřej]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. Edited by Stanley SadieStanley SadieStanley Sadie CBE was a leading British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , which was published as the first edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Sadie was educated at St Paul's School,...
, 2001.