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Reimagining Historical Voices
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Tim Braithwaite
Thomas Coryat on Choral Performance Practice and a ‘supernaturall voice’ in Venice (1611)
‘Sometimes there sung sixeteene or twenty men together, having their master or moderator to keepe them in order ; and when they sung...
Tim Braithwaite
Nicola Vicentino on Ensemble Ornamentation (1555)
‘Moreover, such diminutions should be used in [works for] more than four voices, because diminution always causes the loss of numerous...
Tim Braithwaite
Nicola Vicentino on Vowel Alteration (1555)
‘In setting these vowels, composers are advised that some, such as a, o, and u, are amenable to runs in the low registers and support the...
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