Nymphes des bois, also known as La Deploration de Johannes Ockeghem, is a lament composed by
Josquin des Prez on the occasion of the death of his predecessor
Johannes Ockeghem in February 1497. The piece, based on a poem by
Jean Molinet and including the funeral text
Requiem Aeternam as a
cantus firmus, is in five voices. In the first of its two parts Josquin cleverly mimics the
contrapuntal style of Ockeghem. This
chanson is one of Josquin's best-known works, and often considered one of the most haunting and moving memorial works ever penned.