Landini: Missa novem vocum

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Giorgio Ubaldi
Ensemble Fleur-de-Lys
Carlo Alessandro Landini

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Compositional Technique

Landini's Missa novem vocum is composed for nine voices a cappella, without any instrumental accompaniment, using modal language.

Compositional Technique

The Missa novem vocum's non-canonical nine-part subdivision does not follow the traditional Latin Tridentine Mass model, but rather draws an ideal line from Flemish counterpoint masters like Guillaume Dufay to Palestrina.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Carlo Alessandro Landini, the composer, stated that his Missa novem vocum has no particular reason, recipients, or dedications, emphasizing a purely aesthetic creation.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Carlo Alessandro Landini's musical conception is seen as a 'Counter-Reformation' in music, creating a pact between ancient and contemporary through modal language, similar to the Venetian school's 'classicism'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The composer Carlo Alessandro Landini's music is described as being for 'climbers, not for sprinters,' implying it requires deep engagement rather than 'easy listening'.