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English music caused a sensation for the first time at the Council of Constance (1414-1418), one of the most important turning-points of European cultural exchange. Many musicians, from church and court, were involved. The chronicler of the council, Ulrich von Richenthal, enthusiastically described the music, which was clearly new to him, as "sweet English song". No less indicative of the change of style around 1430 is the first literary and theoretical evidence. The Burgundian court poet Martin le Franc wrote about Dufay and Binchois, the first composers of the new style subject to the English influence:
“Car ilz ont nouvelle pratique / De faire frisque concordance... / Et ont prins de la contenance / Angloise et ensuy Dunstable” (For they have a new method of making fresh harmony ... and have adopted the English countenance and followed Dunstable)
La contenance angloise presents key pieces of the new repertoire from around 1430 by John Dunstaple, Leonel Power, Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois and Johannes Brassart.
chant 1450 is an international vocal ensemble specialising in the sacred and secular repertoire of the 15th and 16th centuries. It was formed in summer 2003 by a group of musicians attached to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel. Instead of focusing on individual composers, its concerts and CDs are thematic in conception, which makes for fascinating, varied programming.
Gilles de Bins dit Binchois: Ave regina caelorum
Ave regina caelorum
Guillaume Dufay: Ave regina caelorum
Ave regina caelorum
John Dunstaple: O rosa bella
O rosa bella
Guillaume Dufay: O tres piteulx – Omnes amici eius
O tres piteulx – Omnes amici eius
Guillaume Dufay: Che faro io - Missa Sancti Antonii Viennensis: Kyrie
Che faro io - Missa Sancti Antonii Viennensis: Kyrie
Anonymous: Ave regina caelorum [Burgundy 15th Century]
Ave regina caelorum [Burgundy 15th Century]
Conrad Paumann: O rosa bella
O rosa bella
Leonel Power: Ave regina caelorum
Ave regina caelorum
Anonymous: Gaudeamus omnes [Burgundy 15th Century]
Gaudeamus omnes [Burgundy 15th Century]
Gilles de Bins dit Binchois: Te Deum
Te Deum
Robertus de Anglia: El mal foco arda
El mal foco arda
Guillaume Dufay: Supremum est mortalibus
Supremum est mortalibus
Guillaume Dufay: Alma redemptoris mater
Alma redemptoris mater
Conrad Paumann: Annavasanna tertia
Annavasanna tertia
Anonymous: Concupivit (Commune Beatae Mariae Virginis) [Burgundy 15th Century]
Concupivit (Commune Beatae Mariae Virginis) [Burgundy 15th Century]
John Dunstaple: Speciosa facta es
Speciosa facta es
Guillaume Dufay: Flos florum
Flos florum
John Dunstaple: Salve scema sanctitatis – Salve salus servulorum
Salve scema sanctitatis – Salve salus servulorum
Conrad Paumann: Sanssoblier
Sanssoblier
Anonymous: Regina Caeli [Burgundy 15th Century]
Regina Caeli [Burgundy 15th Century]
John Dunstaple: Puisque m'amour
Puisque m'amour
Johannes Brassart: O flos fragrans
O flos fragrans
Conrad Paumann: Fortune, alas
Fortune, alas
Anonymous: Ave Maria gratia plena [Burgundy 15th Century]
Ave Maria gratia plena [Burgundy 15th Century]
Guillaume Dufay: Aurea luce
Aurea luce
Anonymous: Salve regina [Burgundy 15th Century]
Salve regina [Burgundy 15th Century]
Johannes Brassart: Regina caeli
Regina caeli
Anonymous: Beata viscera [Burgundy 15th Century]
Beata viscera [Burgundy 15th Century]
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