The Missa In myne Zyn is Agricola's most extended Mass cycle, based on his own polyphonic setting of a popular Dutch tune, and features more sub-sections per movement than was typical for the period.
Composer Biography
Alexander Agricola, a composer of the 'Josquin generation', was born in Ghent around 1456, a decade later than previously thought.
Composer Biography
Agricola's mother was an unmarried, successful businesswoman who financed her sons' education, while his unreliable father's name, Ackermann, was Latinized to 'Agricola' for his pseudonym.
Compositional Technique
Agricola's musical style is characterized by exuberant melodic ideas, voices pulling in different directions, and demands for extraordinary athleticism from singers, leading a contemporary to call his music 'crazy and strange'.
Composer Biography
Agricola served in the chapel of the French royal court under Johannes Ockeghem, one of the most distinguished composers of his age, before moving to Italy in the 1490s.
Composer Biography
Agricola died suddenly of a fever in Valladolid, Spain, on or shortly after August 16, 1506, during his second visit to the country with the itinerant court of Philip the Fair.
Album & Artwork
This album includes shorter three-voice settings of well-known tunes by famous composers of preceding generations, such as Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem, and Walter Frye, interspersed with Agricola's Mass.
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