John Taverner's Audivi vocem de caelo
Throughout September, the Daily Classical Music Post celebrates the music of 15th-, 16th-, and 17th-century England. https://youtu.be/oVmaZ64K3C4 John Taverner (c. 1490–18 October 1545) was one of the most important English composers of the 16th century. Most of his music is for choir: masses, Magnificats, and motets. He wrote masses based on popular songs of the day, and his "Western Wynde" mass was an inspiration to other 16th-century composers, including John Sheppard and Christopher Tye. Taverner was a master of melismata, the singing of a single syllable of text to several different notes in succession. Taverner also wrote for what appears to be soloists in the midst of some of his masses, beginning with his Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas. This was unusual for the time. The Benedictus of the Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas, starting at the "In nomine," became popular as an instrumental work, and many other composers wrote for viol consort and other combinations based on...