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Okeghem

American  
[oh-kuh-gem] / ˈoʊ kəˌgɛm /
Also Ockenheim

noun

  1. Jean d' or Jan van c1430–c95, Flemish composer.


Okeghem British  
/ ˈɒkəˌɡɛm, ˈɔkəxəm /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Ockeghem

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He was a pupil of Okeghem; was chapel master in his native town, and in 1471 was a musician at the papal court of Sixtus IV.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

Okeghem was a very ingenious and laborious composer, who carried the art of canonic imitation to a much finer point than had been reached before his time.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

One of the most beautiful of his pieces was a dirge written upon the death of Okeghem.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

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