Franchinus Gaffurius News
Italian music theorist and composer (1451–1522)
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Music for Milan Cathedral
Werrecore, Josquin, Gaffurius, Weerbeke; Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies; Delphian Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 November 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Maestro di cappella in Milan for nearly 30 years, yet a 16th century composer we have never heard of, until now. This disc is devoted to motets by a composer that you may in all probability have never heard of, despite his being at the centre of Italian liturgical musical life for nearly years. Hermann Matthias Werrecore was appointed to the post of maestro di cappella of Milan Cathedral in 1522 and remained in place for nearly 30 years, during a turbulent time which included the Italian War of 1521-26 between Francis I of France and the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, notably the Battle of Pavia when Francis was captured. A battle which Werrecore claims to have witnessed.On Siglo de Oro's disc, Music for Milan Cathedral, […]
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