Nicolas Gombert was a Flemish composer active in the early 16th century. He worked as a singer for the court of Charles V from 1526. In 1540, he was convicted and sentenced to hard labor in the galleys for having sexual relations with a boy. Considered one of the most influential composers between Josquin des Prez and Palestrina, Gombert specialized in sacred polyphonic music and was renowned for his use of dissonance and sequence techniques.

1. Nicolas Gombert Made by: Eduardo Lacave and Javier Urdiales

2. Life Nicolas Gombert lived between: 1495 and 1556. He was born in Souther Flanders, probably between Lile and St. Omer

3. In 1526, Nicolas Gombert was employed as a singer in the court of Charles V. He and the singers of the court went with the emperor on his travels throughout his jourenys, wich were musically influential. In 1540 he vanished form chapel records when he was in the heighr of his career. In 1540 also he was convicted to hard lavors in the galleys because he had sexual contact with a boy.

4. It is not know how much did Nicolas Gombert lived afer his pardon. In the last years of his life, he probably retired toTournai for spend the last years of his life as a cannon. It is not know when did he died exactly, but he probably died between 1556 and 1561.

5. MUSIC AND STYLE Most representative author between Josquin and Palestrina. Specially on sacred music. Polyfonic style to the highest state of perfection. His dance music and cross-acents are characteristic of his rhithmic idiom. Gombert´s compossisions stressed traditional framework.

6. He used Dissonance for expresive effects. 2 musical characteristic: sequence and ostinato. The motet was Gombert's preferred form, and his compositions in this genre were the most influential .

7. Style As an homage, such as in his motet on the death of Josquin, Musae Jovis .When considers texts for his motets, Gombert obtained his inspiration from scripture as opposed to the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. He was less attentive to textual placement and clarity.

8. Influence After the dead of Josquin Desperez, Nicolas Gombert was the most renowed composer of Europe. He was highly admired by his contempories, he was a soley composer’s composer. Next generation composeres didn’t continue writting vocal musec with Nicolas Gombert’s method, and appeared forms such as canzona and recercar.

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