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  • Record Number: 13668
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Kidwell , Susan.
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  • Title: Gaude Virgo Katherina: The Veneration of St. Katherine in Fifteenth-Century England [the author argues that Dunstable composed the two motets, "Salve scema sanctitatis" and "Gaude Virgo Katherina," for the 1420 wedding of Catherine of Valois and Henry V of England, the former used to celebrate the political unity of England and France while the latter might have been Henry's gift to his bride for a service in the queen's chapel].
  • Source: Explorations in Renaissance Culture 25, ( 1999): Pages 19 - 39.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, Saint Dunstaple, John, Composer- Gaude Virgo Katherina (Motet) Dunstaple, John, Composer- Salve Scema Sanctitatis (Motet) Hagiography Liturgy Martyrs Motets Music Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Table: Two tables. Table One Contents and order of the Sarum Mass for St. Catherine. Table Two Contents and order of the Sarum Office for St. Catherine.
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00982474