Description
Another effective piece for a fast-moving high choir combining with a more solemn and impressive low choir.
This piece is taken from:-
Canzoni da suonare di Pietro Lappi, Maestro della Musica di S. Maria delle Gratie di Brescia, A 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. & 13, Libro Primo
published in Venice by Gardane in 1616.
This collection is unusual in including pieces for every possible number of instruments between 4 and 13, also for the use in some pieces of very widely spaced ensembles. Stylistically the pieces are mostly rather conservative, avoiding complex harmonies and virtuoso figuration; nevertheless, they represent the work of an experienced church composer. Lappi worked at Brascia, a city known as a centre of violin making.
