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by Cdalitz
18 Mar 2024 16:36
Forum: Operation and Implementation issues
Topic: Music without words
Replies: 3
Views: 175

Re: The C word

I agree that purely instrumental music should be posted elsewhere, e.g. on IMSLP, which already has an entry for Thomas Mancinus (it only has one entry, a vocal collection, but IMSLP is for vocal and instrumental music alike): https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Mancinus,_Thomas Can someone of the CPDL ...
by Cdalitz
27 Feb 2024 13:26
Forum: Other topics
Topic: Madrigals and Partsongs Set in Chinese
Replies: 2
Views: 852

Re: Madrigals and Partsongs Set in Chinese

It is a pity that noone has answered so far. This might be due to the fact that CPDL has no support for translations: there is not even a systematic way to specify meta information about a translation like, e.g., the translator, publication year, copyright status etc. This should not prevent you, ho...
by Cdalitz
09 Jan 2024 14:30
Forum: Musical questions
Topic: How to sing polyphonic Agnus Dei
Replies: 2
Views: 46185

Re: How to sing polyphonic Agnus Dei

For a more informed answer, you might post your question at https://forum.musicasacra.com/ . If you feel that Agnus I + Agnus II misses one repetition, or if even this is too long, a simple solution is to sing parts as chant from the Kyriale, e.g. Agnus I polyphonic - chanted Agnus I - Agnus II poly...
by Cdalitz
03 Jan 2024 21:18
Forum: Contemporary composers
Topic: Recent Modern music postings at ChoralWiki
Replies: 5
Views: 60852

Re: Recent Modern music postings at ChoralWiki

An answer to @cgz about the motivation for dissonance heavy compositions. Dissonances can have many different functions: a) They can be used to drag to some other chord (functional harmnonics in classical and romantic music or in modern popular music) b) They can be used as expressive means, which o...
by Cdalitz
27 Dec 2023 18:58
Forum: Musical questions
Topic: O lux beata Trinitas - Mendelssohn - typo ?.
Replies: 4
Views: 33464

Re: O lux beata Trinitas - Mendelssohn - typo ?.

Why do you think that the changes are intentional? The Wikipedia site does not make this allegation and I am not sure whether the sources given there are even correct: There is no verse "Aspice Domine" in psalm 119, and https://gregorian.info gives Baruch 2,16 as source, which reads "...
by Cdalitz
13 Sep 2023 08:36
Forum: Music Requests and Questions
Topic: French Music for Winter
Replies: 2
Views: 8066

Re: French Music for Winter

Two obvious suggestions:
  • "Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain" by Claude Debussy. In the public domain and available on CPDL.
  • "En Hiver" by Paul Hindemith. Still under copyright and available from Schott and resellers.
by Cdalitz
22 Aug 2023 11:21
Forum: Musical questions
Topic: Looking for "liturgy music" but not sure what it is properly called
Replies: 4
Views: 25307

Re: Looking for "liturgy music" but not sure what it is properly called

From your description, it seems that you are looking for "Falsobordone" settings. See this very informative Video (by "Early Music Sources") for an introduction and an explanation of the difference to "fauxbourdon" and "faburden": https://youtu.be/j9y5N13un9s ...
by Cdalitz
08 Aug 2023 15:49
Forum: Musical questions
Topic: Pre-Romantic poetry settings
Replies: 4
Views: 11745

Re: Pre-Romantic poetry settings

LJoy: " Or was that a thing only really begun by the Romantics?" No, apart from Petrarca, there were many other "notable poets" in Italy. Actually almost all madrigals were based on high quality poetry. One particular popular poet was Guarini, of whose "Il Pastor fido" ...
by Cdalitz
06 Aug 2023 11:18
Forum: Musical questions
Topic: Pre-Romantic poetry settings
Replies: 4
Views: 11745

Re: Pre-Romantic poetry settings

A look at the CPDL categories "Madrigal" (https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Madrigals) and "Chansons" (https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Chansons) should yield enough stuff for more than a life time.
by Cdalitz
18 Jul 2023 12:27
Forum: Musical questions
Topic: Best copyright type for self-published work
Replies: 3
Views: 11627

Re: Best copyright type for self-published work

If your work is based in parts (e.g. the text) on a copyrighted third party work that is not subject to a free license, it is unlikely that the copyright holder will agree to a "more formal" free license like, e.g., CC-BY or CC-BY-SA. Such licenses would allow for free redistribution and f...
by Cdalitz
01 Feb 2023 08:16
Forum: Musical questions
Topic: Gloria I w/polyphony
Replies: 2
Views: 8137

Re: Gloria I w/polyphony

Not sure what you mean with "Gloria I", but I guess you mean the first Gloria in the "Kyriale" part of the Graduale (p. 712 in the "Graduale Triplex" from 1973). All pieces in the Graduale give a "mode" in bold letters left to the beginning of each piece. In t...
by Cdalitz
23 Dec 2022 18:24
Forum: Operation and Implementation issues
Topic: Ye auntient orthographie.
Replies: 1
Views: 6266

Re: Ye auntient orthographie.

Dear Chris, please note that most CPDL members speak English only as their second language. Using the full spectrum of your vocabulary does not help being understood. Especially when looking up words like "nonce" in a dictionary leaves the reader even more perplexed what on earth this migh...
by Cdalitz
06 Nov 2022 17:36
Forum: New members meeting place
Topic: REPERTOIRE FOR NEW INTERGENERATIONAL CHOIR
Replies: 3
Views: 16524

Re: REPERTOIRE FOR NEW INTERGENERATIONAL CHOIR

Some time has passed since your question, but here is nevertheless a suggestion. You might consider two part pieces that are set in "double counterpoint", i.e. that sound equally well when sung by mixed voices or with voices exchanged. You do not write whether sacred music is an option, bu...
by Cdalitz
23 Aug 2021 13:55
Forum: CPDL Support, Questions, and Feedback
Topic: Request for Copy of Archive
Replies: 2
Views: 7901

Re: Request for Copy of Archive

As CPDL is a static website, you should be able to copy it with wget . Use the options --mirror , --convert-links and --no-parent , so that the page is viewable offline. Beware, however, that you are not allowed to make the copy available to third parties (this is one of the drawbacks that non-free ...
by Cdalitz
14 Jul 2021 11:36
Forum: Music Requests and Questions
Topic: copyright question Salve Regina
Replies: 3
Views: 12228

Re: copyright question Salve Regina

The edition itself says that this piece is copied from the "Liber Usualis", where you can find it on p. 276. An internet search for "liber usualis salve regina" will point you to scans of the source. The edition is thus not copyrighted, but it might be that the anonymous piece fr...