Overlooked composers: Zacara & Moulu Anyone who has taken a history class knows that there’s just not enough time to cover everything: the same is true in the history of music. Some names just never come up unless you really dig for them. One such name is Antonio Zacara da Teramo. For a while, he was confused with another composer Nicolaus Zacharie. This happened occasionally, because the spelling of names was inconsistent, and people were sometimes known by nicknames or abbreviated names. Our Zacara da Teramo began employment at the Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Rome in 1390 and was a very prolific composer. He wrote sacred and secular vocal works, and his music appeared in manuscripts as far flung as England and Poland, although he lived most of his life in Italy. French composer Pierre Moulu is another example of a talented composer whose name does not come up very often. Despite his employment at the French Royal Court and his supposed study with Josquin des Prez, Moulu’s music remains largely unknown. Most would say that Moulu’s masterpiece was his “Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater,” which was written in such a way that it could be performed with or without rests. https://youtube/watch?v=M5hx39PA6b0
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:31:13 +0000
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