I think you are mistaken here because throughout the 16th century general
practice was to add contrapuntal parts to a tenor voice. The shift to
working from the bass took place at the beginning of the 17th century.
So how about songs from the 1620s and 30s?
Underlying this discussion is th
I think you are mistaken here because throughout the 16th century general
practice was to add contrapuntal parts to a tenor voice. The shift to
working from the bass took place at the beginning of the 17th century.
So how about songs from the 1620s and 30s?
The shift had taken place by then.
Dear Monica,
The changes you describe came much earlier. Adding contrapuntal parts to
a tenor was the sort of thing musicians were doing at the end of the
15th and early part of the 16th century. The most popular tenor at that
time seems to have been La Spagna. It is significant that Diego Ortiz
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