 The Hellenic Renaissance:
FRANGHISKOS LEONTARITIS, Vol. 1
- Mass for six voices:
Missa Je Prens En Grez
- Motets for five voices:
- Ave sanctissima Maria (instrumental)
- In die tribulationis
- Jesu redemptor (secunda pars, instrumental)
- In Te Domine speravi
- Ad Dominum cum tribularer (instrumental)
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Deus, Deus meus
Missa
Je Prens En Grez
This mass by Leondaritis was found copied - very
artistically - by the French-Flemish Jean Pollet, official secretary to the
choir of the duke of Bavaria. According to Dr. Graham Dixon it is exemplary in
terms of technique and, like the previous "Missa super aller mi faut,"
it is parodic: that is, the basic melody (theme) used comes from some famous
secular song of the time beginning with the words "Je prens en grez".
It should be noted here that musicological research has not yet determined
exactly the source of that song. Clemens non Papa and Clement Jannequin have
written songs using these same words but not the particular theme that appears
in the mass.
Motets
The motets I, III, V were interpreted with renaissance instruments by
professional musicians collaborated with PolyPhonia.
OTHER RECORDINGS OF POLYPHONIA
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