Provided to youtube by naxos of america missa s jacobi. Missa ave regina coelorum guillaume dufay from choralwiki. As the central figure in the burgundian school, he was the most famous and influential composer in europe in the mid15th century, and can be considered as the founding member of the netherlands school which dominated european music for the next 150 years. Kyrie from missa lhomme arme history one of the most important achievements in sacred music of the early renaissance was the development of the cyclic mass, a setting of the ordinary of the mass in which the different sections. He was not an innovator, with the exception of a few late works, and wrote within a stable tradition. Guillaume dufay missa ecce ancilla domini, missa sine nomine. Guillaume dufay biography wikipedia guillaume du fay dewfy. Missa s jacobi, for 3 and 4 voices details allmusic. Alleluia from guillaume dufays missa sancti jacobi performed in florence, italy in 1975 by antioch colleges chorus. There are plenty of internet sites with information about the composer and his music, his contribution from medieval to renaissance music, music for church masses, and of course, the obligatory mp3s and youtubes. A missa sine nomine, literally a mass without a name, is a musical setting of the ordinary of the mass, usually from the renaissance, which uses no preexisting musical source material, as was normally the case in mass composition. In 1467, piero demedici called dufay the greatest ornament of our age, but today few people know more than a handful of his songs. The missa sine nomine, recently identified by david fallows as missa resveilles vous, is the first example of a complete. Guillaume dufay choral composer biography cd recordings.
As the central figure in the burgundian school, he was the most famous and influential composer in europe in the mid15th century. Guillaume dufays cantilena flos florum performed in florence, italy in 1975 by antioch colleges chorus. Another savoyard event such as the 1451 wedding of the dauphin louis of savoy may have provided the context later for him to construct an entire cantus firmus mass setting upon. Guillaume dufay most probably 97 1474 was an early renaissance composer, and the first of many polyphonic masters from the low countries modern belgium, the netherlands, and northern france. Missa sancti iacobi cappella pratensis rebecca stewart ricercar 233482 dufay. All 24 recordings 7 naxos 10 s scores 20 p parts 1 a arrangements and transcriptions 8 ave regina coelorum a 3. Missa ave regina caelorum ecce ancilla domini, an album by guillaume dufay, prague madrigal singers, miroslav venhoda on spotify. Arch records s1751 lp dufay fifteen songs guillaume dufay ca 14001474. All my normal sources turn up empty when searching for sheet music by guillaume dufay 971474. This site uses cookies for analysis, as well as for personalized content and advertising. Missa ecce ancilla domini ensemble gilles binchois, dominique vellard on allmusic 1994.
We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and. Guillaume dufay, clemencic consort missa caput 1978. Dufay, the greatest composer of the 15th century, probably wrote his st james mass in the 1420s for bishop emiliani of vicenza. The work is based on a secular song by the composer which is not included in this recording, and the latin is pronounced as it was at that time in italy which is a somewhat odd decision.
Even if its position in the evolution of the cyclic mass genre is unprovable, the missa sancti jacobi shows the stillyoung dufay s mastery of all forms. James the greater missa sancti jacobi presents an eclectic mix of musical techniques, but with several recurring motives and evidence of overarching architectural thinking. A central figure in the burgundian school, he was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the leading composers in europe in the mid15th century. Crammed onto one new disc from cantica symphonia on glossa are two of guillaume dufays most important polyphonic works brought alongside each other for the first time on cd. Motets the binchois consort andrew kirkman hyperion 67474. This recording deserves a renewed life as the only currently available recording, not only for the significance of this mass among the works of dufay, but also for the sensitivity of kirkmans approach to a musical style that sits on the cusp of the middle ages and renaissance american record guide.
This is the sixth disc in this series devoted to flemish musical masters. The masses of his youth missa sancti jacobi, missa sancti antonii viennensis still follow the model of the threevoice messa in discanto or messa cantilena, with the highest voice the superius taking the melodic lead over the two lower voices which perform an instrumental role. Stradivarius dulcimer 33569, 2000 stradivarius echo series 110. Guillaume dufay was a francoflemish composer and music theorist of the early renaissance. Not all masses based on freely composed material were so named, but many were, particularly from the late 15th century through the 16th century. This missa ecca ancilla domini is one of his four late masses, and its performed here with propers chants specific to a particular feast in the church year from an anonymous cycle of around 1440, possibly by dufay himself. Missa ave regina celorum, for 4 voices play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the. The binchois consort, andrew kirkman conductor mp3. The binchois consort and andrew kirkman are now recognized as being the foremost interpreters of music by the father of polyphony that is guillaume dufay. Kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus and ite missa est, were unified musically.
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