| Remarks: |
A work of extraordinary beauty
constructed from three borrowed elements: (1) the
refrain of a 14th
century Italian hymn of praise to the Virgin, (2) texts
derived from the Litany and (3) the well-known Ave Maria
plainsong used by Josquin and many other composers.
Around these 'found' items, the composer weaves a complex
web of
florid counterpoint in the purist Franco-Flemish style. One can easily imagine a small group of singers gathered around an image of the Virgin at one of the side altars in St. Donatien’s at Bruges at dusk singing this piece as part of an 15th century Lof or Salve service. |
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