The Romanesca
This is another episode of the project Early Music Sources. This episode is dedicated to the Romanesca, one of the most widely known bass sequences in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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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.
Adriano Banchieri – Barca di Venezia per Padova
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 …
On Gregorio Allegri’s “Miserere” [I]
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 …
The Lisbon Earthquake
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.
Earthquakes and Music
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 …
Water and Music
When one speaks of water and music, in most cases, the first association is, naturally, the Wassermusik suites by Georg F. Handel. Indeed these works have established themselves as canonic in instrumental music repertoire of Western music. But there are many other …
Francisco Guerrero – Clamabat autem mulier
The music of Francisco Guerrero has been an important part of my musicological research. I worked on three of his motets that served as models for the same number of parody masses by Portuguese composer Duarte Lobo. I also sung …
Music Printing in the Renaissance
This is a small video that, in a very clear and resumed way, shows how music books were printed in the sixteenth century and afterwards. It features the process using movable pieces of type, very similar to that of traditional …
Organ of St Catarina Church
I will be posting some texts, photos, and videos of organs extant in the Azores archipelago. There are about fifty of these instruments in eight of the nine islands in various states of conservation. A very strong effort was made …