Conductus, for 1-4 voices, unaccompanied. "Dedicated to those who died in the terror attacks of September 11th"--Insert. Anonymous 4 (Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner, Johanna Maria Rose). Recorded Sept. 10-14, 2001 at Christian Brothers Retreat and Conference Center, Napa California.
Contents:
O Maria o felix puerpera -- Pia mater gratie -- De la mere au sauveor -- O Maria virginei -- Verbum bonum et suave -- Ave salus hominum -- Mainte chançon ai fait -- Ave Maria gracia plena -- Beata viscera / Perotin -- Mundum renovavit -- Je te pri de cuer par amors -- Salve sancta parens -- Serena virginum -- De la tres douce Marie -- Ave virgo virginum -- Mater patris et filia -- Ave nobilis venerabilis.
Summary:
Songs from the Latin clerical tradition as well as from the vernacular art song repertoire of the northern French trouvères. The Latin songs ... are all "conductus", a generic term derived from the practice of using para-liturgical vocal music to accompany, or 'conduct' processions during solemn services.
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