Willaert (ITA) (1 janv. 1490 – 1 janv. 1562)

Description:

• Genesis: Each proper to a feast at which the Pala d'oro would have been opened
(Pala d'oro: high alter retable, major work of Byzantine enamel, 10 ft x 6.5 ft, gold/silver, thousands of gems)
• Performing Forces: All for two choirs: Choir 1 sets the overall range of the piece, Choir 2 fills in the texture
• Choirs sing together rarely, only at cadences that mark verse endings or in final doxology
• Text: Psalm text distributed evenly between the choirs, sung in alternatim style at the verse or half-verse
• Reserved and austere in style; each follows the characteristics of the underlying psalm tones

Other from I salmi…
• Also contains antiphonal psalms for two choirs that never sing together
• Six are written jointly: Willaert setting the even-numbered verses and Jacquet of Mantua setting odd • Dixit Dominus Domino Meo, Psalm cix, septimi toni
• Beatus via qui timet Dominum, Psalm cxi, septimi toni
• In exitu Israel, Psalm cxiii, toni peregrini
• Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, Psalm cxvi, sexti toni
• Laetatus sum, Psalm cxxi, quarti toni
• Nisi Dominus, Psalm cxxvi, sexti toni

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