The Book of Requiems, 1450–1550. From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period, ed. David J. Burn, Leuven 2022

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Riccardo Pintus


Uppsala University (Sweden)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-8403

Abstract

The review of a collection of essays devoted to the most important examples of the Renaissance Requiem edited by David J. Burn. The Book of Requiems, 1450-1550: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period is the first volume of the 'Book of Requiems' series, which treats the Requiem as a specific genre, with its distinctive features and conventions and historical significance.


Keywords:

requiem, Renaissance polyphony, Johannes Ockeghem, Pierre de la Rue, Antoine Brumel, Dionisius Prioris, Pedro de Escobar, Antoine de Févin, Jean Richafort, Claudin de Sermisy, Missa pro defunctis

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2023-12-29

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Pintus, R. (2023). The Book of Requiems, 1450–1550. From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period, ed. David J. Burn, Leuven 2022. Muzyka, 68(4), 125–127. https://doi.org/10.36744/m.2460

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Riccardo Pintus 

Uppsala University Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-8403

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