----- And, can I just say, that the more I dive into Renaissance Polyphony, the more I prefer Byrd to all the others. Don't get me wrong, I love them all. But, as a mother loves all her children equally, so too do I have a clear favorite. :)
Justorum animae is a personal favorite of mine, as it was with the singers from Zephyrus during my dozen years with them.
My own neo-renaissance composing style is heavily influenced by Byrd and Tallis, with my 6-part Ave verum corpus paying particular homage to these giants of the English Renaissance.
If you are in the SFO Bay Area, join us at Saint Edward, Newark on 1 Nov at 5:30 PM, as Fr. Jeff Keyes, CPPS offers his first Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form. Ordinary- Missa 'Aeterna Christi munera' ... Palestrina, full Proper from the Graduale Romanum with motets: "Justorum animae" .... di Lasso after the Offertorium and "O Quam Gloriosum" ... Marenzio after the Communio.
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