Musical Meditations
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Throughout the ages, in countless civilizations, music hs been considered a pathway to the divine. Most of the selections on this page are sacred music in the European Medieval and Renaissance tradition, reproduced here with permission. |
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1. From The Classical Midi Archives.
- AGNUS MID -- MACHAUT, Guillaume de (c.1300-77: Agnus Dei (P.Drum)
- ALMA MID -- PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-94: Alma redemptoris mater (C.Delavallée)
- APOLLO MID -- LIMENIOS>LIMENIOS (2nd Cent. B.C.: Delphian Hymns to Apollo (P.M.P.Blondel)
- ASSAND1 MID -- ASSANDRA, Caterina (c.1570-c.1610: Ave verum corpus (H.Heldstab)
- AVEMARIA MID -- DESPREZ, Josquin (c.1440-1521: Fr.-Flemish Ave Maria (164k) (Y.Kubota)
- AVEVERUM MID -- BYRD, William (1543-1623: Ave verum Corpus (J.C.Houg)
- CANTATE MID -- SCHÜTZ, Heinrich (1585-1672: Cantate Domino canticum novum Organ continuo (D.Rayet)
- COURANT MID -- EYCK, Jacob van (c.1590-1657: Der Fluyten Lusthof (M.Overtoom)
- DAPHNE MID -- EYCK, Jacob van (c.1590-1657: Der Fluyten Lusthof (M.Overtoom)
- DENAVOND MID -- EYCK, Jacob van (c.1590-1657: Der Fluyten Lusthof (M.Overtoom)
- GOOSEN MID -- EYCK, Jacob van (c.1590-1657: Der Fluyten Lusthof (M.Overtoom)
- HASS_MS2 MID -- HASSLER, Hans Leo (1562-1612): Missa Secunda (M.Weimer)
- HLH-LAUD MID -- HASSLER, Hans Leo (1562-1612: Laudate Dominum (T.Matasovic)
- MISERERE MID -- ALLEGRI, Gregorio (1582-1652): Miserere mei, Deus (A.Dunn)
- OCK_4UP MID -- OCKEGHEM, Johannes (c.1420-1496): Canon in epidiatesseron (D.A.Cooke)
- OSACRDHD MID -- HASSLER, Hans Leo (1562-1612): O Sacred Head Surrounded Harm. by J.S.Bach (C.S.Shunk)
- POPPEA MID -- MONTEVERDI, Claudio (1567-1643): The Coronation of Poppea - Sinfonia (Ritornel) (H-G.Uszkoreit)
- ROSEMOND MID -- EYCK, Jacob van (c.1590-1657): Der Fluyten Lusthof (M.Overtoom)
- SALVELAS MID -- LASSUS LASSUS, Orlande de (1532-94): Salve Regina (C.Delavallée)
- UBGEBIRG MID -- ECCARD, Johannes (1553-1611): Übers Gebirg Maria geht (C.Delavallée)
2. From The Internet Renaissance Band
- AGNUSDEI MID Agnus dei Free organum Alma Redemptoris Mater
- ICUMEN2 MID Sumer is icumen is the earliest extant English round, from the 13th century.
- ICUMEN MID Summer is icumen in another arrangement
- BENEDICA MID Benedicamus domino Melismatic organum
- DAGGDOWN MID Downbery down
- DAGGDOWA MID Downbery down
- ISAINNSV MID ISAAC, Heinrich: Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen
- ISAINNSR MID ISAAC, Heinrich: Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen, arrangement for recorders
- GRENSLVS MID Greensleeves (R.W.Bethune)
- KATZPFOT MID Die Katzenpfote ca. 1480
