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Renaissance (around 1400 - 1600)
This period of European cultural history starts in the hothouse of the Italian city-states but will soon spread all over Western Europe. The period will end with the upheaval of the Reformation and Counter-
Reformation. It is a period where polyphony becomes more and more finely tuned. It is also a period where secular music begins to rise in importance, where music for dances, celebrations and home entertainment is just as important as the music of the cathedral and parish churches.
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Anonymous
Mon Ami
ATBG (S)
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Transcribed for Soprano
John Bennet
Come, Shepherds, Follow Me
ATBG (S)
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Transcribed for Soprano
Antoine Brumel
O Domine Iesu Christe
ATTB (S)
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Transcribed for Soprano
William Byrd
O you that hear this voice
SATBG
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Hernando de Cabezón
Susana un jour
ATBBG
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A performance using recorders!
Maddalena Casulana
Morir non può il mio cuore
SATB / TBGC
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Giovanni Cavaccio
Pavana and Saltarello
AATB (S)
MP3 Playback: Slow
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MP3 instrument: bass viol. Video only contains the Saltarello.
Transcribed for Soprano
John Dowland
Earl of Essex Galliard
SATB / TBGC
MP3 Playback: Slow
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There is a 4 and an 8 foot version of the score.
The MP3 is a combo of all 8 parts.
Guillaume Dufay
Le serviteur hault guerdonné
SAA
MP3 Playback: Slow
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TBB version is on the tile below. In the MP3s, the tenor part is played by a double reed to distinguish the voices.
Le serviteur hault guerdonné
TBB
MP3 Playback: Slow
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SAA version is on the tile above. In the MP3s, the tenor part is played by a double reed to distinguish the voices.
Vergine bella
ATT
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Michael East
O Do Not Run Away
SSA / TTB
No Youtube video available for this piece.
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Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger
Pavan à 5
AATBG (S)
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MP3 instruments: flute, oboe, bassoon, viol.
Transcribed for Soprano
Johannes Gallus
Le bergier et la bergière
SATBG
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Orlando Gibbons
Anthony Holborne
Muy Linda
ATBGC (S)
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With percussion.
Transcribed for Soprano
The Teares of the Muses
ATBGC (S)
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Transcribed for Soprano
Heinrich Isaac
Benedictus
ATTB (S)
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The video does not exactly match the score included in the download files.
Transcribed for Soprano
Clément Janequin
Ce sont galants
SATB / TBGC
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Jean Japart
T'meiskin was jonck
ATBG
MP3 Playback: Slow
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The MP3 files play through the piece twice.
Josquin des Prez
Gloria from Missa de beata virgine
ATBG
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Orlando di Lasso
Im Mayen
ATBGC (S)
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Transcribed for Soprano
Claudio Merulo
Canzon à 4, L’Olica
ATBG (S)
MP3 Playback: Slow
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Transcribed for Soprano