1 janv. 1436 - Nuper Rosarum Flores

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Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral.

Du Fay’s Nuper rosarum flores
1. Du Fay’s Nuper rosarum flores is famous for a number of reasons, most of which
relate to the manipulation of numbers relevant to the reason for its composition.
a. It is the third of three motets written for Pope Eugene IV.
b. Du Fay wrote the motet for the dedication of the cathedral in Florence, the
architect of which was Brunelleschi.
c. The proportional relationship of the mensuration mirrors the physical properties
of the temple of Solomon, according to the Bible, which Brunelleschi used for the cathedral in Florence.

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