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Polyhymnia performs music composed between 1450-1650.
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Latest articles for early music enthusiasts that want to dive deep into the world of Renaissance music.
And Just Who Was Christopher Tye?
Christopher Tye was probably born in Cambridgeshire, where the family name was common, around 1505, making him about the same age as is more famous contemporary, Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585). He is often mentioned as [...]
And the Angel Sheathed his Sword
Regina coeli laetare, Alleluia.| Quia quem meruisti portare, Alleluia. Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum. Alleluia. Rejoice, Queen of Heaven, alleluia.| For he, who you were worthy to bear, alleluia. Is risen, as [...]
Chianti and Rioja: and my Choir Curse
Polyhymnia’s choice for Lent and Holy Week for our Music in Isolation series, recently posted, is Inter vestibulum et altare by Christóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553). When I discovered this, my thoughts wandered to my [...]
Full of Grace – Robert Parsons’ Ave Maria
Qui tantus primo Parsone in flore fuisti, Quantus in autumno in morere fores. Parsons, you who were so great in the springtime of life, How great you would have been in the autumn, had not [...]
Bob Marley Non Papa
I was delighted when John Bradley selected Ego Flos Campi by Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1510- c. 1555) as the second motet for Polyhymnia’s series of virtual choir recordings. This was in part because [...]
The Chapel Royal in the Early 1600’s
For the 25 years that Polyhymnia has been performing, we have primarily centered our attention around music composed between 1450-1650. No matter how you may try to fit music into convenient little historical file cabinets, [...]
“The whole plan of singing should be constituted not to give empty pleasure to the ear but in such a way that the words be clearly understood by all.
And thus the hearts of listeners be drawn to desire of heavenly harmonies in the contemplation of the joys of the Blessed.
The Council of Trent“
