The Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae is a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass composed by Josquin des Prez in 1505, and dedicated to Ercole d'Este I, Duke of Ferrara. The musical source material for the mass, the cantus firmus, is derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name, a technique called soggetto cavato.

Performed by Hesperion XXI dir. Jordi Saval. Visual background: portraits of Josquin Des Prez and Jan van Eyck and van Eyck's "Mystical Lamb" (1432).

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