The bella - Taverner, John

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"This is an attempt to complete a song by Taverner that has survived in a seriously incomplete state. Fortunately, some missing notes can be restored from those that survive. Additionally it seems that Taverner's verses consisted substantially of duets, so that the losses are not quite as bad as at first appears."

⌛ Epoche → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Besetzung → SSST, SAAT ¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 12

CPDL Nr. 72375

Bearbeiter Jason Smart

Veröffentlicht 2023-01-23

Lizenz Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

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