#willaert

[amare-habeo]

Ferdinand Willaert (Belgian, 1861 - 1938) The Town Ghent under the snow, N/D  

Oil on canvas

[andantefavori-blog]

Adrian Willaert: Vecchie Letrose

Performers: La capella Reial de Catalunya/Hespérion XXi (Jordi Savall) Images: Italian painters, 16th century Vecchie letrose, non valete niente Se non a far l'aguaito per la chiazza. Tira, tira, tir'alla mazza, Vecchie letrose, scannaros'e pazze! Spiteful old hags, you are good for nothing. Only for lying in wait in the thicket. Beat, beat, beat with your canes, Spiteful old hags, murderous and mad!

[corispezzati-blog]

SOOOO... fellow medieval and renaissance music lovers,

I just got to know the paradise that DIAMM is. DIAMM stands for Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music. It's impressive for its size and beauty. I'm also astounished by its general lack of fame, which - of course - is restricted to early music researchers. I'd say every music student should check this out, at least once in their lifetime.

The image is a detail from an unknown work (by me, at least - no inventory was listed) by flemish composer Adrian Willaert (c1490 - 1562), who was active in Venice and is one of the composers I study.

Source: Spain, Burgos, Catedral Metropolitana, Archivo Capitular s.s. manuscript of polyphony, 1710; provenance: Spain, 'Codex Las Huelgas'