Sunday, April 16, 2017

Foundation Music Art Science Summer school

Here is info about the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture, www.fftrocc.org that ran a very great summer school in 2016 and is scheduled to do it again.... so read about the program and see what you think. It took place at schools and other sites in New York City, NY.
The Summer School 2016 princiDONATE/SUBSCRIBE WHY MUSIC AND SCIENCE? The fundamental characteristic of the human mind—every human mind, past, present and future—is creativity, expressed most beautifully in man's capacity for.... development and creativity. ​ JOIN US FOR THIS YEAR'S SUMMER SCHOOL! creative play. This creative play is the basis of both science and art. It is famously reported of Albert Einstein that when he ran into a roadblock in his scientific work, he would retreat into the world of creative play of Classical music—playing his violin late into the night until, as would sometimes happen, the music would suddenly stop, and he would report, “I've got it.” Einstein insisted that “imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
​ These sentiments of Einstein echo the great genius Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), founder of physical astronomy, whose work forms a key part of the educational program of the Foundation. Kepler's discoveries of the physical cause of the motion of the planets, and of the musical harmonic principles which order the motions of the Solar System as a whole, demonstrate the absolute coherence between ... art, music and science. The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture is recognized as a public charity under Internal Revenue Code section 509(a) and has 501(c)(3) status.

Friday, April 14, 2017

Bach Live in NYC on Easter Sunday

Some live Bach in NYC on Easter Sunday.... at The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity | 3 W. 65th Street, New York, NY 10023 | 212.877.6815 Thank you to all who have made this an incredible 49th season! This Sunday, we present our final Vespers service of the 2016/2017 season with the glorious music of our namesake JS Bach! ~Easter Sunday~ Sunday, April 16th 5:00 PM Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Johann Sebastian Bach Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen BWV 66 Kate Maroney - Alto Nathan Hodgson - Tenor Steven Eddy - Bass Admission is free, open to the public and made possible through a free-will donation Looking to get involved? Next season marks the much-anticipated 50th Anniversary of Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity. Find out how you can be apart of this incredible season of music be visiting our website: www.bachvespersnyc.org Or sending an email to: office@bachvespersnyc.org Bach Vespers is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and A at 432

The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto is one of the all time favorites as a violin showcase piece.  At usually under 25 minutes, it is a very tasty piece of music for sure. The beginning part is fireworks, and the middle is slow and contemplative.... As for the third part.... give me a few more minutes !! Really is fireworks too, but different, more development, triumpant in major key... wonder if it is G major?? That is the relative major to E minor...

The violinist is Jascha Heifetz, a rather talented star of the recording world who died in 1986 at the age of 86.  But, here is an extra twist.  People have been using electronics to lower an A (La) =440 cycles per seconds to the Verdi tuning of A=432 cycles per second or Hz.  

Is this more appealing or not?? You be the judge, and comments are welcomed. 


For more info on the natural A=432 Hz. tuning vs. the unnatural standard A=440 (or 442, 444, etc.) Hz. please visit:
http://www.testimonios-de-un-discipul...
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Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 - LIVE - 432 Hz.
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 - LIVE - 432 Hz.

Movements:
1 Allegro molto appassionato
2 Andante
3 Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

Concierto para Violin y Orquesta en Mi menor, Op. 64 de Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy a 432 Hz.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major

The Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 has been called one of the greatest show pieces for the violin....  It is a bit funny in the first (corrected) movement there is a melody that was used in a campy camp song that goes like "Georgie"-- I go oooh oooh to Georgie, and he goes ooohoooh to me."  In all, this is a very light and bouncy piece, though with sad overtones... In fact, it easily goes from major to minor key and back...

Speaking of "Georgie" ----That won't be the first modern take offs of great classical melodies.  Here is the youtube of the great conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler in 1953, with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE-kBjTRtsU  Actually first link is with Furtwangler conducting... the second one apparently Menuhin is the violinist and conductor... if that is correct...
from the Youtube notes:

Concerto In D Major, Op. 61 For Violin And Orchestra
 First Movement - Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Cadenza (By Kreisler) - Tempo I
Cadenza – Kreisler
Second Movement - Larghetto
Third Movement - Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza (By Kreisler) - Tempo I
Cadenza – Kreisler
Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra, The*
Conductor – Wilhelm Furtwängler
Violin – Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded in England in 1953
The Romance Nº 1 In G, Op. 40, was recorded by Menuhin, Furtwängler and the Philharmonia on April 9, 1953, the day after recording of the concerto. Beethoven composed it in 1803.

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Haydn and Mozart RevolutionLet

Let's learn about the Haydn and Mozart revolution in classical music.  The lesson contains different excerpts of classical music.  The first is by Guillaume Dufay, called Nuper Rosarum Flores, from the year 1436.  This is Renaissance music and it is very distant to our ears, though still beautiful.  It is about the same time as Filippo Brunelleschi's design of the great dome in Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral.  Also see what John says about it in the lesson here.
Still it's interesting, if we had this Dufay type of music as popular music today, it would certainly be a step up.

There is an interesting contrast of the quiet parts in the Dufay piece, and the sections with blaring trumpets... yet, in the sense of Haydn and Mozart and the Motivfuhrung (fully composed piece with movement and development of a theme) it really doesn't go anywhere.

Lesson here (link to Motivfuhrung page)

Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...

Motivführung 101: Introduction to the Haydn-Mozart Revolution

by John Sigerson
March 11, 2017
Filippo Brunelleschi’s use of the principle of higher-order, non-mathematical curvature in the construction of the cupola of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, Italy was not only a crown
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city o
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathe
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
dral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

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f Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
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Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
Nuper Rosarum Flores ("Recently Flowers of Roses/The Rose Blossoms Recently"), is a motet composed by Guillaume Dufay for the 25 March 1436 consecration of the Florence cathedral, on the occasion of the completion of the dome built under the instructions of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The two homographic tenors, which define the overall structural plan of the piece, are both based on a Gregorian cantus firmus melody taken from the introit for the consecration of churches, Terribilis est locus iste ('Awesome is this place', Genesis 28:17), a fifth apart and with different, interlocking rhythmic configurations.
The title of the piece stems from the name of the cathedral itself: Santa Maria del Fiore, or St. Mary of the Flower. The opening lines of Dufay's text refers to Pope Eugene IV's gift to the cathedral, and to the city of Florence, of a golden rose to decorate the high altar—a gift made the week before the dedication.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuper_ro...

Nuper rosarum flores
Ex dono pontificis
Hieme licet horrida
Tibi, virgo coelica,
Pie et sancte deditum
Grandis templum machinae
Condecorarunt perpetim.

Hodie vicarius
Jesu Christi et Petri
Successor Eugenius
Hoc idem amplissimum
Sacris templum manibus
Sanctisque liquoribus
Consecrare dignatus est.

Igitur, alma parens
Nati tui et filia
Virgo decus virginum,
Tuus te Florentiae
Devotus orat populus,
Ut qui mente et corpore
Mundo quicquam exorarit

Oratione tua
Cruciatus et meritis
Tui secundum carnem
Nati Domini sui
Grata beneficia
Veniamque reatum
Accipere mereatur.
Amen.

(Cantus firmus:
Terribilis est locus iste)

I do not own the rights of this audio. It's free to download at the following link.
https://archive.org/details/Dufay-Nup...
ing architectural achievement of the Italian Golden Renaissance; it also posed a challenge to apply that same principle in all domains of human endeavor, including physical economy and art. In this fifth class of the series on Lyndon LaRouche’s economic thought, Schiller Institute Music director John Sigerson introduces the layman to the two revolutions which finally succeeded, three centuries later, in fully grasping the implications of Brunelleschi’s principle in the musical domain: the discovery of the well-tempered musical domain elaborated by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Haydn’s (and Mozart’s) discovery of an entirely new method of composition, Motivführung (motivic thorough-composition), which eliminates all arbitrary formalisms, making possible the full development of what Lyndon LaRouche describes as a “musical thought-object.”

Friday, March 17, 2017

Our Classical music

Let's look at some great classical music and get into it.  Just listened to Haydn Cello Concerto in C major today.  The  Yo Yo Ma version was ok, but somehow there was more depth in the M, Rostropovich one.  It could be important to decide which is better than the other.