Josquin Baston was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 contrapuntist

Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...

 of the first half of the sixteenth century. From the 1550s, he worked as kapellmeister

Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...

 at the court of Christian III

Christian III of Denmark

Christian III reigned as king of Denmark and Norway. He was the eldest son of King Frederick I and Anna of Brandenburg.-Childhood:...

. After Christian III's death, he found work at a Swedish court. A number of his pieces were published in Sigismund Salblinger

Sigismund Salblinger

Sigismund Salblinger was a musician working in Augsburg who published a collection of musical pieces called Concentus in 1545. The collection contained some of the most celebrated madrigals of the period, including works by Josquin Baston. He dedicated the work to the magistrates at Augsburg....

's Concentus (1545), and in the Leuven Collection (1554).

Charles Burney

Charles Burney

Charles Burney FRS was an English music historian and father of authors Frances Burney and Sarah Burney.-Life and career:...

praises his compositions for their ease, rhythm, and melody, as well as for a distinct marking of the tune in which they are to be played.

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