Matthew Locke - The Broken Consort - Suite 1 part 1/2

[MultiTimV]

any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls . oh those diminished fourths!

[shariotoflove]

what year was this composed?

[TheCrazyCello]

Yeah, it's interesting how the genre is ostensibly quite antiquated by the time Locke wrote this, but the harmony - particularly the use of dissonance is very advanced. The use of 1/5 comma meantone is particularly appropriate for drawing the fullest effect from those diminished 4ths.