for ceremonial occasions for his ducal employer; many of the masses show the influence of Josquin, and all are in flowing Netherlandish polyphony, though with an admixture of Italian lightness and melody. His music was collected in four codices under his own direction. Selected recordings Franchino Gaffurio Missa de Carneval Motets: Stabat mater, Adoramus Te, Imperatrix reginarum, Imperatrix gloriosa, Florem ergo, Res miranda, Salve Regina, Lamentatio, Magnificat, O sacrum convivium, Quando venit, Ave corpus. Il Convitto Armonico, Baschenis Ensemble, Stefano Buschini. Tactus 2012 References Articles "Franchinus Gaffurius," "Leonardo da Vinci" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. External links Renaissance composers Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian music theorists Italian Renaissance humanists 1451 births 1522 deaths People from Lodi, Lombardy Italian Benedictines