More of the work of Jacobus Gallus Carniolus, whose music I just discovered this morning--yes, Im hearing it for the very first time, and I find it most appealing! Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (Slovenian; 1550 – 1591), Opus Musicum, 1587. Performed by Huelgas Ensemble (Belgian); Paul Van Nevel, conductor. The 1587 six-part Opus Musicum, Jacobus Gallus Carniolus most notable work, is a collection of 374 motets that would eventually cover the liturgical needs of the entire ecclesiastical year. The motets were printed in the Prague printing house Jiří Nigrin. Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl, Jacob(us) Gallus; Slovenian Jakob Petelin Kranjski) Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (Slovenian; 1550 – 1591) was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity. Born in Carniola, which at the time was one of the Habsburg lands in the Holy Roman Empire. For some time he lived at the Benedictine abbey at Melk in Lower Austria. He was a member of the Viennese court chapel in 1574, and was choirmaster (Kapellmeister) to the bishop of Olmütz, Moravia between 1579 (or 1580) and 1585. From 1585 to his death he worked in Prague as organist to the Church of St. John on the Balustrade. Gallus represented the Counter-Reformation in Bohemia, mixing the polyphonic style of the High Renaissance Franco-Flemish School with the style of the Venetian School. His output was both sacred and secular, and hugely prolific: over 500 works have been attributed to him. Some are for large forces, with multiple choirs of up to 24 independent parts. youtube/watch?v=erXhcAfomJM
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:51:05 +0000
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