Plorer, Gemir, Crier: Homage to the Golden Voice of Johannes

Plorer, Gemir, Crier: Homage to the Golden Voice of Johannes Ockeghem
- Ploring, moaning, screaming - Tribute to the golden voice of Johannes Ockeghem
The oeuvre of Johannes Ockeghem influenced a considerable number of
musicians who were contemporaries with, or came immediately after, the
Master of Tours. Many of these talented composers took one of his works
as a model, thus bearing eloquent testimony to their admiration for him.
All of them visited him and helped popularize his image as a benevolent
father figure to this amazing caste of singers and composers. Ockeghem s
death at a ripe old age in 1497 greatly affected the brilliant generation that
was in the process of making the transition between the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, and naturally led to the creation of some deeply moving music.
Four motets covering a wide stylistic range, a complete polyphonic mass,
and an extraordinary poem of lamentation make up this touching tribute to
Johannes Ockeghem from his colleagues and friends. The works assembled
on this CD represent the high point of Franco-Flemish counterpoint, and
illustrate the imperceptible shift from Middle Ages to Renaissance thanks
to the sublime music sublimated by the death of the great master. They are
sung here according to the tradition of the great cathedrals and collegiate
churches: a cappella, with one or two singers to a part, as the works require.
Country USA
Brand Aeon Books
Manufacturer Aeon
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 3760058360262
ReleaseDate 2012-09-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 3760058360262

Country	USA
Brand	Aeon Books
Manufacturer	Aeon
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	3760058360262
ReleaseDate	2012-09-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	3760058360262

Plorer, Gemir, Crier: Homage to the Golden Voice of Johannes Ockeghem

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