Pillars of Eternity: Eton Choirbook Volume III

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The Eton choirbook (Eton College MS. 178), the leading source of late fifteenth-century English music, is a splendid production with fine illuminated initial letters and an attractive use of red ink for coloration and the text of solo sections. It is unique among manuscripts of its period in still being preserved in its original home. The Eton choirbook is by far the most important of the few English sources surviving from the period: in fact it is unquestionably one of the greatest monuments of English music in any age.

Although there are serious losses from the manuscript, the remains are sufficient to give a good picture of the large-scale votive antiphon and the alternatim Magnificat in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. Without them we should know nothing of the work of that truly great composer John Browne, have no complete composition by Richard Davy, and only two pieces by Walter Lambe.

The Pillars of Eternity: Eton Choirbook Volume III, Music, William Cornysh, Richard Davy, Walter Lambe, Robert Wylkynson, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Vocals, Part Song/Glee/Music for Unaccompanied Voices, Sacred Choral Music, Vocal
The Pillars of Eternity: Eton Choirbook Volume III
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    		The Pillars of Eternity: Eton Choirbook Volume III
    William Cornysh , Richard Davy , Walter Lambe , Robert Wylkynson , The Sixteen , and Harry Christophers
    Manufacturer: Coro
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0001N9ZJ8
    Release Date: 2004-11-30

    Tracks:

    1. Richard Davy: O Domine Caeli Terraeque Creator
    2. William Cornysh: Ave Maria, Mater Dei
    3. Richard Davy: Ah, Mine Heart, Remember Thee Well
    4. Walter Lambe: Stella Caeli
    5. Richard Davy: Ah, Blessed Jesu, How Fortuned This?
    6. Robert Wylkynson: Jesus Autem Transiens/Credo In Deum
    7. Robert Wylkynson: Salve Regina

    Album Description

    The Eton choirbook (Eton College MS. 178), the leading source of late fifteenth-century English music, is a splendid production with fine illuminated initial letters and an attractive use of red ink for coloration and the text of solo sections. It is unique among manuscripts of its period in still being preserved in its original home. The Eton choirbook is by far the most important of the few English sources surviving from the period: in fact it is unquestionably one of the greatest monuments of English music in any age.

    Although there are serious losses from the manuscript, the remains are sufficient to give a good picture of the large-scale votive antiphon and the alternatim Magnificat in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. Without them we should know nothing of the work of that truly great composer John Browne, have no complete composition by Richard Davy, and only two pieces by Walter Lambe.

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