Okeghem

Also Ock·en·heim

[oh-kuh-gem]

noun

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

Okeghem

/ ˈɒkəˌɡɛm, ˈɔkəxəm /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Ockeghem

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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It was a barbarian art; how could Florentine exquisites, disciples of Machiavelli, men of the vein of Lorenzo di Medici, Leo X., and Baldassari Castiglione be expected to occupy themselves with the art of men bearing such names as Okeghem or Obrecht?

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