Adieu mes amours

Adieu mes amours was a popular secular polyphonic chanson of the late 15th century.

It appeared in many manuscripts and prints from many countries, including in Ottaviano Petrucci's Odhecaton A.

Although "Adieu mes amours" was originally a secular chanson, it was used in a number of mass settings such as, Missa "Adieu mes amours" which uses both parody and cantus firmus compositional techniques by Francesco de Layolle, and another Missa "Adieu mes amours" by Jacob Obrecht.

The first attribution to Josquin of this chanson is in the Casanatense chansonnier of around 1480, which was probably put together to celebrate the betrothal of Isabella d'Este to Francesco Gonzaga.

Although there is underlay of the text in the Florence 2794 manuscript,[3] the music does not fit well with the rondeau refrain of the original.