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  • Record Number: 10106
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Bloxam , M. Jennifer.
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  • Title: Plainsong and Polyphony for the Blessed Virgin: Notes on Two Masses by Jacob Obrecht
  • Source URL: Journal of Musicology (Full Text via JSTOR) 12, 1 (Winter 1994): 51-75. Link Info target = '_blank'>Journal of Musicology (Full Text via JSTOR) 12, 1 (Winter 1994): 51-75. Link Info
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Composers Liturgy Mary, Virgin, Saint in Music Music Obrecht, Jacob, Composer- Missa Sicut Spina Rosam Obrecht, Jacob, Composer- Missa Sub Tuum Praesidium Plainsong Polyphony
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  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 15
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  • Table: Two tables and five musical examples. Table One: List of manuscript and printed sources of liturgy and chant cited. Table Two: Comparison of seven liturgical usages of the office of matins for the nativity of the Blessed Virgin. Musical Example One: Comparison of excerpt from "Adnutum Domini nostrum" according to the usages of Cambrai and of Paris. Musical Example Two: Excerpt from "Missa sub tuum praesidium" compared with "Aurea Virga" according to the usages of Bruges, Antwerp, and Paris. Musical Example Three: Excerpt from "Missa sub tuum praesidium" compared with the usage of Cambrai. Musical Example Four: Reproduction of a printed music page from "Processionale Insignis Cathedralis Ecclesiae Antverpiensis B. Mariae. Musical Example Five: Excerpt from "Missa sub tuum praesidium" compared with "Salve regina" from the usages of Antwerp, Cambrai, and Paris.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Williams College
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  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 02779269
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