In Documento we will start with the series of Jubilarians of 2024. First up is Guillaume Dufay, who passed away 550 years ago.
Today’s entire program will be dedicated to jubilarians of this year, 2024. First up is Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474). He passed away five hundred and fifty years ago and stood at the forefront of what would later be known as the Franco-Flemish school, succeeding Gregorian music.
The Franco-Flemish School is a style of polyphonic vocal music from the 14th to the 16th century. Guillaume Dufay was among the first generation of the Franco-Flemish School, along with composers such as Gilles Binchois and Antoine Busnois. The main focus of this episode is Dufay’s Mass ‘Se la face ay pale’.
Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)
1. Nuper rosarum flores
Johan Dunstable (ca. 1390-1443)
2. Veni sancte spiritus – Veni creator
Hilliard Ensemble conducted by Paul Hillier
(CD 1000 Years of Sacred Music. Virgin Classics 7243 5 62126 2 6)
Guillaume Dufay
3. Rondeau: J’atendray tant qu’il vous playra
4. Rondeau: Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys
Gothic Voices conducted by Christopher Pages
(CD The Garden of Zephyrus, Hyperion CDA 66144)
Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)
5. Missa ‘Se la face ay pale’
– Kyrie
– Gloria
– Credo
– Sanctus
– Agnus Dei
The Early Music Consort of London conducted by David Munrow
(CD Dufay – The Early Music Consort of London, Virgin Veritas 7243 5 61283 2 1)
Pictured above: Dufay and Binchois (source: Wikipedia.org)
