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Worldes Blis
''Worldes Blis'' is a motet for orchestra by the British composer Peter Maxwell Davies. It was first performed at The Proms on 28 August 1969 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. Composition Davies composed ''Worldes Blis'' between 1966 and 1969. It has a duration of roughly 40 minutes and is composed in one continuous Movement (music), movement. The composition is based on an eponymous 13th century, 13th-century plainsong, "Worldes Blis." Instrumentation The work is scored for an orchestra comprising two Western concert flute, flutes, piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four French horn, horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, two timpanists, five percussionists, two Pedal harp, harps, Organ (music)#Chamber organ, chamber organ, and String section, strings. Reception World premiere ''Worldes Blis'' generated considerable notoriety upon its 1969 premiere when the performance caused most of the audience to lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motet
In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to Margaret Bent, "a piece of music in several parts with words" is as precise a definition of the motet as will serve from the 13th to the late 16th century and beyond.Margaret Bent,The Late-Medieval Motet in ''Companion to Medieval & Renaissance Music'', edited by Tess Knighton and David Fallows, 114–19 (Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1992): 114. . The late 13th-century theorist Johannes de Grocheo believed that the motet was "not to be celebrated in the presence of common people, because they do not notice its subtlety, nor are they delighted in hearing it, but in the presence of the educated and of those who are seeking out subtleties in the arts". Etymology In the early 20th century, it was generally believed the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
