Author : Johannes Martini
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780895796486
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (964 download)
Book Synopsis Sacred music by : Johannes Martini
Download or read book Sacred music written by Johannes Martini and published by A-R Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume edition presents all of the motets by Johannes Martini and Johannes Brebis, most of them for the first time in a modern edition. Martini was an important composer active in Ferrara (ca. 1471-97) between the compositional generations of Ockeghem and Josquin; Brebis was a minor composer who spent his last years in Ferrara as a singer and composer (ca. 1471-79). Martini and Brebis collaborated on four hymns: Brebis wrote the odd-numbered stanzas and Martini the even-numbered ones. In addition to these pieces, Brebis also composed one Magnificat and one ceremonial motet, "Hercules omni memorandus evo," written for Ercole I d'Este circa 1472. Martini1s two passions are the earliest Italian settings of the Passion story and alternate chant and polyphony. All of the psalms and a few of the hymns and Magnificats are in a deliberately simple style (some using fauxbourdon), one that was common in the fifteenth century but is often neglected by scholars today. Volume 1 includes the hymns, Magnificats, miscellaneous liturgical pieces, passions, and ceremonial motets, and volume 2 presents the psalm settings for vespers as well as for matins and lauds of Holy Week. http://www.areditions.com/rr/rrm/m039.html