Mielczewski's Missa super 'O gloriosa Domina' is based on a song popular throughout Europe and especially in Poland, where it was sung by knights on battlefields and during church and court celebrations.
Compositional Technique
Leopolita's Missa Paschalis is rooted in Polish religious song, deriving its melodic inspiration from four Easter songs, with one serving as a 'leading motif'.
Composer Biography
Marcin Mielczewski, a composer from the reign of King Ladislas IV, was well-to-do, owning a farm and half a townhouse, as revealed in his will.
Composition History
The missal cycle, comprising Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus-Benedictus, and Agnus Dei, was the most prominent form of European polyphony from the 15th century onwards.
Performer Biography
The vocal ensemble Il Canto da Camera was founded in 1984 with the aim of restoring the original sound of Renaissance secular vocal music.
Composer Biography
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, the last great composer of Early Polish music, was highly educated at the universities of Prague and Vienna.
Composer Biography
Marcin Leopolita, the composer of Missa Paschalis, was for a time the composer of vocal music at the court of King Sigismund August in Poland.
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