Cipriano de Rore’s “Amor ben mi credevo”
Another video of the project Early Music Sources comprises the musical analysis of Cipriano de Rore’s madrigal Amor ben mi credevo.Read more
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Another video of the project Early Music Sources comprises the musical analysis of Cipriano de Rore’s madrigal Amor ben mi credevo.Read more
The Barca di Venezia per Padova (The Boat from Venice to Padua) by Adriano Banchieri is a set of what we can call comedy madrigals for five voices (SSATB) which is basically a boat journey from Venice to Padua during which several of the passengers reveal themselves.Read more
One of the first editions I prepared for the Polyphonia series of the Editions MPMP in late 2012 was the collection of responsories for Christmas matins by composer Estêvão Lopes Morago which make the number 6 of this series.Read more
The motet Veni Domine by Spanish composer Francisco Guerrero is, in my opinion, one of his finest works. The text “Veni Domine et noli tardare” was set to polyphony by numerous Spanish composers: Cristóbal de Morales (with 2 settings), Juan Esquível, and Guerrero. The five-voice (SSATB) motet by Guerrero was published inRead more
Gregorio Allegri’s (c.1582-1652) Miserere, mei Deus is without any doubt the most mystical work of sacred vocal polyphony of the Catholic world for its association with the musical practices in the Sistine Chapel. Together with Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli it stands out in numerous CD recordings.Read more
Photo from my presentation last November 9th during the JAM Musicology Congress in Oviedo, where I spoke about litanies and novenas in the first half of the eighteenth century in Évora Cathedral.Read more
Photo from my presentation at the CESEM/UÉvora Conferences in Music and Musicology, where I talked about Diogo Dias Melgaz’s beautiful motet Memento homo.Read more
In 2015 I shared a interesting documentary I found on YouTube about the great Lisbon 1755 earthquake, a cataclysmic event that marked the Portuguese social and cultural life deeply.Read more
The region where I’m from – the Azores archipelago – is known for its seismic activity that is documented almost since the first settlers arrived in mid-fifteenth century. One of the Azorean chroniclers, Doctor Gaspar Frutuoso, wrote by the end of the sixteenth century his eyewitness account of the volcanicRead more
As in former years, November 1st has a post dedicated to the commemoration of the foundation of the University of Évora, on this day in 1559. This is where I entered in 2006 for my Licenciate Degree and, again, in 2015 for my PhD. Last year’s post with some photosRead more
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