Jean Mouton (c. 1450 - 1522) belonged to one of the most extraordinary generations
of composers the Western world has ever produced. But to ears attuned to the
important shifts in musical style that occurred between the late-medieval sound-world
of Palestrina, Mouton's music stands out from that of his contemporaries as the most
'advanced' - more even than Josquin, and much more than the others, Mouton paved
the way for the classic vocal polyphony of the sixteenth century.
