Tim BraithwaiteAndreas Ornithoparcus (1516) on Solmisation:(Summary) The Rules of Solfaing When solfaing, the singer must be aware of the mode of the piece, since this will tell them what sort of...
Tim BraithwaiteCardinal Domenico Capranica (1400-1458) on the singers of Pope Nicholas V‘In honour of immortal God, the Supreme Pontiff Nicholas V filled the most sumptuous sanctuary that he had erected among the papal courts...
Tim BraithwaiteDenys van Leeuwen on Late Fifteenth-Century Liturgical Singing, Translated by Robert Redman (1533)‘Whether descant may be commendable in the divine service, and of certain things which ought to be eschewed in song. Like as it is...