Johannes [Jean] de Cambrai [Cocu] {Clement VII-Paul III}
Cambrai; in the Cathedral of Cambrai, 1531 ; earliest reference, special payment for March 1532 [ mandati 866, fol. 10r]; mandati : May 1532 -December 1535 ; died in Rome on 8 November 1535 and was buried in St. Peter's; a funeral Mass was celebrated in that church on 17 November 1535 and an obit on 13 January 1536.
In special payments on March, April, and May 1532 , Cocu is called "cantor extraordinarius," although it is not clear what that means (see mandati 866, fol.10r, 863, fols. 7v, 18v).
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entry dated 8 November 1535
Eodem die dominus Joannes de Cambrai alias Coccu diem clausit extremum, sepultus in ecclesia Sancti Petri cuius anima requiescat in pace.
entry dated 17 November 1535
Cantavimus missam in ecclesia Sancti Petri pro anima Joannis de Cambrai alias Coccu.
entry dated 13 January 1536
In ecclesia Sancti Spiritus Petri obitus pro anima domini Joannis Coccu defuncti cuius anima requiescat in pace.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Craig WRIGHT , " Musiciens à la Cathédrale de Cambrai 1475-1550," Revue de Musicologie 62 (1976): 204-228.