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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” This proverb, attributed to Saint Ambrose, encourages us to keep with the traditions of the places we visit and inhabit.
The Tudor period was marked by the flourishing of sacred music in the chapels and cathedrals of England.
This week on Harmonia we’ll explore this wide swath of music history through the Medici lens.
The cornetto is a woodwind instrument with a brass-style cup mouth piece which flourished in the mid 1600’s, in the early to middle-baroque period.
Machaut's 'Messe de Nostre Dame' is inordinately famous, and is often cited as the first complete polyphonic setting of a Mass ordinary by a single composer.
In his music, Molter indulged his compositional imagination writing for all sorts of instrumental combinations and sonorities.