Mixed choir
SKU:
FG.55009-452-9
Composed by Josquin
Desprez. Edited by Ross
Duffin. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55009-452-9).
ISBN
979-0-55009-452-9.
This is one of three
early renaissance Marian
motets, along with
Mouton's Nesciens Mater
and de la Rue's Gaude
Virgo, edited by Ross
Duffin. It is a classic
example of this great
composer's balanced
unfolding of motifs, with
two-part paired imitation
followed by four-voice
imitative sections and
punctuations in
homophony. Especially,
striking is the personal
supplication at the end,
in the words O rnater
dei, memento mei. Fazer
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is a choral series under
the editorial supervision
of Paul Hillier, founder
and artistic director of
the renowned Hilliard
Ensemble. Although each
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series' main purpose is
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