Features 6 masses by great 16th-century composer: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa L'Homme Arme, four more, plus a selection of motets. Reproduced from authoritative Scalera edition, edited by Casimiri.
Excerpt from Missa Papae Marcelli: Six PartsIt is this which the Editor has earnestly desired to do with that view he has at first tentatively put before the members of the Bach Choir short extracts from works of the great mediaeval Italian composers, which sufficiently impressed both performers and listeners, to encourage, at all events, the completing of the present work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of r...
Excerpt from Missa Papae Marcelli: Six PartsIt is this which the Editor has earnestly desired to do with that view he has at first tentatively put before the members of the Bach Choir short extracts from works of the great mediaeval Italian composers, which sufficiently impressed both performers and listeners, to encourage, at all events, the completing of the present work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of r...
Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. in some cases, the results of the original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English.
A score embodying the best available musical text.
Historical background-what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, inc...
- Otto Nicolai: Über die Sixtinische Kapelle
- Michael Heinemann: »... alla Palestrina«. Zur Etablierung eines satztechnischen Ideals im 17. Jahrhundert
- Peter Ackermann: Palestrina und die Idee der absoluten Musik
- Clytus Gottwald: Palestrina: »L¿homme armé«
- Paul Attinello: Pfitzner, »Palestrina«, Nazis, Konservative oder Die Sehnsucht nach der Utopie
