Fors seulement


Fors seulement is a French chanson, popular as a basis for variations and as a cantus firmus. An early version is attributed to Johannes Ockeghem - this is sometimes called Fors seulement l'attente to distinguish it from his similarly titled Fors seulement contre.
Brumel wrote a polytextual version, combining a tenor setting of Du tout plongiet with the words and superius from Ockeghem's Fors seulement l'attente for the baritone.

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Versions and settings

Many versions of the chanson were produced including those by Ockeghem, Josquin des Prez, Pierre de La Rue, Matthaeus Pipelare, Johannes Ghiselin, Jacob Obrecht, Brumel and Alexander Agricola.
Mass settings include those by Ockeghem, Obrecht, Pipelare, and Carpentras.