Nymphes des bois, also known as La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem, is a lament composed by Josquin des Prez on the occasion of the death of his predecessor Johannes Ockeghem in February 1497.
The piece, based on a poem by Jean Molinet and including the funeral text Requiem Aeternam as a cantus firmus, is in five voices.
In the first of its two parts Josquin cleverly mimics the contrapuntal style of Ockeghem.
This chanson is one of Josquin's best-known works, and often considered one of the most haunting and moving memorial works ever penned.
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