Flores de Musica pera o Instrumento de Tecla, & Harpa, Volume 2

Featuring

Maria Bayley
André Ferreira
Ars Lusitana
Anonymous (Gregorian Chant)
Manuel Rodrigues Coelho
Anonymous

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Coelho's Flores de Musica was intended for both professional organists as a repository of useful pieces and as a didactic source for those learning organ and its liturgical role.

Composition History

Flores de Musica is one of the largest music works printed in the seventeenth century, containing over five hundred pages, including twenty-four tentos, one hundred versets, and four Susanas.

Composition History

Coelho's Flores de Musica pera o Instrumento de Tecla, & Harpa, printed in Lisbon in 1620, is his only known work.

Composer Biography

Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c.1555-c.1635) was an organist in his hometown of Elvas, in Badajoz (Spain), and later at the Royal Chapel in Lisbon.

Interpretation

The recording aims to place each verse and tento from Flores de Musica into a semblance of its liturgical context, guided by historical treatises and the music itself.

Interpretation

The performers on this album used a new edition of Coelho's work, curated by João Vaz, which was prepared for the 400th anniversary of its original publication.

Compositional Technique

Flores de Musica is written in open score format, making it the first volume of its kind printed in Portugal, unlike other Iberian works that used numbered tablature.