The article provides no information indicating that Josquin des Prez influenced Jean Mouton or that any artistic influence existed between them. The only connection mentioned is a doubtful 17th‑century claim that the two may have served together as choirboys at the Collegiate Church of Saint‑Quentin, but this account is questioned by modern scholars and does not describe influence.
Later biographical sources describe Mouton as a follower of Josquin, noting that he is believed to have studied with him and that Josquin’s music had a significant impact on his own compositional style. This influence is reflected in the stylistic similarities observed by contemporaries and later theorists, including the use of paired imitation, canonic writing, and refined polyphonic textures, although Mouton developed these elements in his own distinctive manner.
