have been attributed to Joye for stylistic reasons; in addition, the similarity of O rosa bella to the name of his favorite prostitute, along with the general irreverent character evident in his life and other work, may support this hypothesis. Joye is one of the composers mentioned in Guillaume Crétin's famous poem Déploration sur le trépas de Jean Ockeghem written on the death of Johannes Ockeghem in 1497; in it he is one of the angels welcoming Ockeghem into Heaven. The composers mentioned by Crétin have long been used as a list of those considered most famous in the late 15th century, thus indicating Joye's reputation, in spite of the small number of his works which have survived. Works Ce qu'on fait a catimini (3 voices, rondeau, in French) Mercy mon dueil je ne supplied (3 voices, rondeau, in French) Non pas que je veuille penser (3 voices, rondeau, in French) Textless rondeau, also for three voices Poy ché crudel Fortuna et rio Distino (3 voices, ballata, in Italian) Notes References "Gilles Joye," 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. (Note: Reese makes the claim that Joye was also a theologian and poet; this derives from the biographical compilation by J. F. Foppens in 1731, Compendium chronologicum episcoporum brugensium (Bruges, 1731), but a more recent study by F. Van Molle (1960) refutes this, showing that Foppens confused Joye with someone else.) 1420s births 1483 deaths Belgian classical composers Belgian male classical composers Burgundian school composers Flemish composers 15th-century Franco-Flemish composers People from Kortrijk Renaissance composers