B-Flat Clarinet,Cello,Instrumental Duet - Level 2 - Digital Download
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Composed by Josquin des Prez. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Contest,Festival,Instructional,Renaissance,Traditional,Wedding. 50 pages. Jmsgu3 #678278. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.1074010).
Josquin des Prez (c.1450-1521) was a composer of the Renaissance period, widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. His compositions set the standard for polyphonic music and are considered a high point in the history of music. He wrote a wide range of works, including masses, motets, and chansons, and was the first composer to set popular secular tunes as mass movements. His influence can be seen in the works of many later composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and George Frideric Handel.
Josquin des Prez was a prolific composer of chamber music and duets during the Renaissance period. He wrote several types of chamber music and duets, including madrigals, chansons, and motets. His compositions are characterized by their intricate counterpoint, as well as their harmonic richness and emotional expressiveness. His works often featured two voices in harmony, and he was known to use imitation and complex canonic techniques to create interesting musical textures. Josquin's chamber music and duets are renowned for their complexity and beauty, and they remain some of the most influential and admired works from the Renaissance period.
Josquin Desprez is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the Renaissance period. His innovative use of counterpoint and canon helped to revolutionize the musical landscape of the time. Counterpoint is a technique of combining two or more independent melodies in a way that creates harmony and a cohesive musical texture. Josquin was a master of this technique, often combining multiple voices in complex contrapuntal textures. His use of canon, or round, was also highly influential. Canon involves two or more voices repeating the same melody in different registers and often with different rhythms. Josquin wrote canons in various styles and forms, including the popular “circular canon†and the more complex “strict canon.†He was also an early adopter of the “inverted canon†form, in which the same melody is repeated but in an inverted form. Josquin’s use of counterpoint and canon had a lasting impact on the development of Western music and helped to establish the foundation for many of the musical forms and techniques still used today.
Contents:Â
I. Duo from the Augsberger Liederbuch
II. Agnus Dei II from Missa De Beata VirgineÂ
III. Duo from the Hör Organ tablature
IV. Agnus Dei II from Missa Ave maris stella
V. Benedictus from Missa Gaudeamus
VI. Agnus Dei II from Missa Gaudeamus
VII. Pleni sunt coeli from the Sanctus of Missa Hercules dux FerrarieÂ
VIII. Agnus Dei II from Missa La sol fa re miÂ
IX. Benedictus from Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales
X. Benedictus from Missa L'homme armé Sexti ToniÂ
XI. Pleni sunt coeli from Missa Malheur me batÂ
XII. Pleni sunt from Missa Mater patris (canon at the major second)
XIII. Benedictus from Missa Mater patrisÂ
XIV. Agnus Dei II from Missa Mater patris (canon at the unison)
XV. Pleni sunt caeli from Missa Pange linguaÂ
XVI. Benedictus from Missa Pange linguaÂ
XVII. Agnus Dei II from Missa Pange linguaÂ
XVIII. Pleni sunt from Missa sine nomineÂ
XIX. Domine non secundum peccata nostraÂ
XX. Ave verum and Cuius latusÂ
XXI. In principio erat verbum from Motet Verbum caro factus estÂ
XXII. Per illud ave prolatum - Secunda pars of motet Benedicta es caelorum regina.
