On 23 Jul 2005 at 13:23, Mark D Lew wrote: > There are some sacred choral pieces that are written with three > women's parts and two men's throughout. Off the top of my head, the > only one I can think of is Bach's Magnificat, but I'm pretty sure > there are more. (Perhaps this is a throwback to the old scheme with > the "quintus" part? > That's outside my area of knowledge, so I couldn't say.)
Throwback? Sounds like a continuation of an ongoing tradition. Remember that Bach's library included lots of Palestrina and other Stile Antico music, so it would not have been at all unusual. And, of course, womean wouldn't have been singing any of it in Bach's church -- that's one of the things he got reprimanded for in one of his job, allowing a woman to profane the church by singing from the choir loft. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
