{"product_id":"french-sacred-music","title":"French Sacred Music - Schola Cantorum of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetit Orgue: George Novak \u003cbr\u003eGrand Orgue: McNeil Robinson \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViols: Wendy Gillespie, Pamela Crane\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVielles: Louise Schulman, Wendy Gillespie, Lucy Cross \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchola Cantorum of the \u003cbr\u003eChurch of St. Mary the Virgin \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcNeil Robinson, \u003cbr\u003eMusic Director and Conductor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn most manuscripts containing Mass movements that survive from the fourteenth century, the pieces are not grouped as complete Mass cycles, but classified under their separate headings, Kyries, Glorias, Credos, etc. In four manuscripts, however, one in the cathedral library at Tournai, one in Toulouse, one at the University of the Sorbonne, and one Barcelona, several different movements appear together, seemingly for performance at one celebration of the Mass. The separate movements of these \"Masses,\" however, demonstrate no compositional unity among themselves, and very little melodic, harmonic, or even stylistic consistency. They cannot be regarded as \"cycles.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704) as a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi, the great Roman composer of Latin oratorios of the mid-seventeenth century. In France, Charpentier  very successfully adapted this popular form to French taste, although no later composers seem to have followed in turn in his footsteps. The Mass for Easter Saturday is a much less ambitious composition than a full oratorio, but it gives us an interesting focus on the eclectic nature of late seventeenth-century musical style. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Musical Heritage Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49330381783348,"sku":"885288866339","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/5740\/5748\/files\/artwork415797fd-f635-4927-81eb-fdf6ef82ec32-LARGE.jpg?v=1791905074","url":"https:\/\/themusicalheritagesociety.com\/products\/french-sacred-music","provider":"The Musical Heritage Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}