Ockeghem - Deo gratias

[kirkbutler12]

I want this video on my A3618 unit.

[dallasrichar26]

This video is a favorite on Nicaragua

[skilzorz]

I prefer spem in allium by tallis!

[glammis09]

Steve Reich must have heard this...the opulent minimalism

[1ndabag]

Where are the masterpieces coming out of the modern, evolved, enlightened, progressive West?

[Strefanasha]

@1ndabag there are some, i think of John Tavener (born 1944) the englishman who converted to Russian Orthodoxy and wrote "the protecting veil". but then this was eastern tradition so maybe you have a point

[cssj43]

harry un ami qui vous veut du BIEN !!!

[abergavennymelmoth]

awesome! imagine hearing this in a chruch!

[Magicus1]

So who's the tone deaf retard who disliked this?

[Verduhjameg]

Wow... really good, never heard this before.

[giacomocampanile]

BELLISSIMO PEZZO..... MI SEMBRA UN CANTO IN LINGUE.....PER CARISMATICI

[pubellication]

@giacomocampanile non c'entra un cazzo lo Holy Geist per favore, questo è puro materialismo d'holbachiano.

[wistaria2010]

<3 Beautiful! Never heard before!

[Jarrahnut]

How very beautiful.

[JustOneMoreChild]

The soul's uplifted,

my eyes are opened,

my heart's still struck with awe,

surely, surely, little doubt

angels were what I saw!

[rocktenniscat]

This is truly beautiful and uplifting. My godfather died on the week-end, after suffering for many years. This is fitting right now. Thanks for sharing.

[TheGloryofMusic]

They had telephone lines in Ockeghem's day?

[guidepost42]

Astonishing 

[ObaNarayanShivaji999]

AMEN!

[madeinmanchesterr]

is this polyphony? because the layers are insanely beautiful!!!

[guidepost42]

Amazing.. What spectacular music. The nature of canon is such that this sounds a little like what is now days called "minimalism".. but opulent minimalism

[IpsaPaphum]

@guidepost42 "opulent minimalism" I like the phrase! I was looking for such a qualifying adjective the other day when I was trying to describe the impression that gamelan music makes on me.

[HPPSC219]

Thank you for uploading this wonderful, wonderful piece of music. It is sublime. While I am somewhat acquainted with Ockeghem's work, I have never heard this 'Deo Gratias' before. Simply majestic! Thank you.

[fimerle]

What a beautiful sound. So like the chiming of bells. Advanced harmony for the 15th. century.

[rmcdaniel423]

From 1:00-2:10 was such a beautifully rich swelling of complex sound. And then it kept going!! This is awesome and inspiring!

[willgeek]

Marvellous, what CD/performing group is this? Thanks for posting!

[anisuthideyakoindu]

this is new age! genial!

flemish are so complexed they wouldnt expect any heighth in their culture

[walterm85]

hehe, this work is probably a misattribution. but I agree that Ockeghem was a great composer!

hehe, esta obra é provavelmente um misattribution. mas concordo que Ockeghem era um grande compositor!

[RecksRead]

The composition is a product of the mystical mind well versed in numerological traditions. Waiting to be rediscovered along with the rest of our spiritual awakening.

[1ndabag]

@RecksRead Of course. That's clearly why he titled it Deo Gratias.

[metteholm75]

Yes, so it is called, - probably because it sounds like a kind of twitter. Ockeghem wrote it to prove his polyphonic mastership.

[metteholm75]

He once wrote a "Twitter for 36 voices"

with 6 canons in it!!!!!

It must have sounded a little like this!

Apparently a popular medieval disciplin.

[codonauta]

A twitter?

[verhoogje]

@codonauta Yeah, they had Twitter back then. LoL

[shift0]

@metteholm75 I think there can be up to 140 in twitter... but they have to be real characters :-D

[fbaldim1005]

Hi, in reality this music is for 64 voices.

The composer live between 1410 and 1497.

i know that because i make classes of old music.

(if i wrong some word, im sory, i live in Brasil i am lerning, so . . . )

[Greedage]

Amazing, I like the pictures too. Thanks.

[remybecute]

it might sound fake if your singing group sucks and you usually sing in small rooms

[yanuacaeli]

¡¡Qué paz! ¡Qué belleza! magnífico.

[marciagiesta]

Fernando ,

a música é linda .

que legal a transição entre as fotos!

é tudo rodoviária! PLT e SLS ! hahahaha!!!

quem diria !!

[codonauta]

As fotos ficaram de muito boa qualidade.Será a tua máquina? é de quantos mega pixels mesmo?

[djparafialny]

magnificent ! Greetings from Poland :)

[benjaminz6]

This is incredible

[benjaminz6]

They don't make music like this anymore! Now we have the privilege of suffering through music like soulja boy and Britney spears.

[tjwhite1963]

@benjaminz6 Again, I agree with you completely. It is surely another sign of the lamentable decline of our level of civilisation (or culture). Imagine (a faculty rarely used nowadays) what church services could be like, if they permitted and encouraged their choirs to sing music like this? Don't you think churches would start to be filled to capacity again? (And not with people swaying ignorantly to the "mindless contemporary trash" too often offered in churches today.)

[IntellectualLiberty]

If churches started playing this kind of Music I would go every sunday. And i'm an atheist lol.

[JustOneMoreChild]

@IntellectualLiberty It seems that, theist or atheist, we can all agree that this is a truly beautiful piece. Surely Ockeghem was one of the foremost composers of his day! Does anyone know of any composers that still write music such as this?

Pax et Dominus Vobiscum

[DesolationoftheDolls]

@IntellectualLiberty mine actually does play this kind of music all the time. I'll look forward to you showing up this Sunday.

[IntellectualLiberty]

@DesolationoftheDolls Despite my love for the architecture of many churches, I think I will pass. It wouldn't be worth it.

[j4kn1f3]

@IntellectualLiberty "if churches started playing this kind of Music I would go every sunday. And I'm an atheist lol." ...so you get invited by Desolationof the Dolls and then refuse, saying "it wouldn't be worth it."

// if you have an opportunity to experience this live, it shouldn't matter what your religious/non-religious leanings may be; you should just go and enjoy it.

[TraeThaTruth]

@benjaminz6 Actually, there is some great new music in a variety of genres -- just most popular music is repetitive, uncreative garbage.

[AppA]

@benjaminz6

Really depends on who you consider to be 'them'.

[Braziliense1984]

Deo Gratias, thank God for such wonderful music!

[MaBu888]

Oh yes ya christians it seems not all of you are mere believers of fairy tales, but of actual spiritual prowess! Impressive! :)

[303606707808909]

My favorite piece by Ockeghem is "Quand de vous seul je pers le veue" performed by the Ferrara Ensemble. Amazing.

[Guizbizet]

Can you give us the link ?

Thanks

[codonauta]

It's a 36 part Canon!

# Deo gratias, Thirty Six Part Canon

Composed by Johannes Ockeghem

with Huelgas Ensemble #

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Utopia Triumphans

Huelgas Ensemble (Artist), Paul Van Nevel (Artist), Thomas Tallis (Artist), Costanzo Porta (Artist), Josquin Desprez (Artist), Johannes Ockeghem (Artist), Pierre de Manchicourt (Artist), Giovanni Gabrieli (Artist), Allesandro Striggio (Artist)

[hansl72]

God, there has been some serious editing in this recording. It almost sounds more like a computer than like human voices.

Could it be the voices have simply been multiplied per voice group??

[PutItAway101]

I don't hear any editing, but to modern ears it may sound like fake computer harmonies because usually the only time we hear harmonies this close, it's been faked with pitch correction effects. We forget that it used to be common to sing this well for real.

[hansl72]

I am a professional singer and a specialist in this repertoire, and it sounds fake to me.

[rumpranger65]

The Franco-Flemish school is very interesting, and sounds quite different from the Palestrina School. Although I could see how the Church might have been afraid at the time of the words becoming unintelligible. LOL!

Fortunately, it is only two words. Thank God!

[dejogu]

Thank you for this video!

Actually the music is from a CD by the Huelgas Ensemble called "Utopia Triumphans" - NOT from "40 Voices".

"Utopia Triumphans" also contains the other pieces mentioned by janeym (Tallis, Striggio ) except for " Nomen mortis infame" which IS on "40 Voices".

I'm sure "40 Voices" is also worth buying, but I haven't heard it myself

[codonauta]

Really? I don't know where did this recording come from. I will try to get this CD. It worths.

[codonauta]

@codonauta I bought this CD after, and it is really great.

[janeym]

I think this recording is off the Heulgas Ensemble's MUST HAVE CD, "40 voices." It includes 3 amazing tracks:

40 part motet Spem in Alium by Tallis

40 part motet Ecce Beatam Lucem by Striggio

and the fascinating 35 part motet, Nomen Mortis Infame by Ceuleers- a hidden treasure!

[undamaris2006]

Può essere difficile ecc...

ma risulta molto NOIOSO

[nickad101]

This reminds me a lot of Desprez's "Qui Habitat". Almost too much. This has the female vocal melody that goes from F to E and back to F.

Has anyone else caught that?

[humurabi418]

I didn't hear much resemblance

[cevajorge]

I hear the resemblance, and there could be a possibility that they shared influences with each other

[humurabi418]

after listening to it a few times, I see what you are saying.

[janeym]

They do sound a lot alike!

[Osteomorphis]

Yea, I think it's rather the stereotypical polyphony that we know of all too well. I do think they resemble in that regard as well.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

"Stereotypical" now... yes, but you have to remember that this was cutting edge stuff when it was composed - not for the polyphonic setting itself, but for the harmonic structures and the carefully chosen voicings which make this piece so ethereal and other-worldly - admittedly like many other Ockeghem works, but the man was a true genius and his music can transport one spiritually and emotionally, to a whole different plane of reality if approached in the proper frame of mind.

[MrDominor]

It's just wonderful! Especially female voices

[czeslawmilo]

amazing harmony....i wish I could sing this with Huelgas...

[singlebanana08]

this song is going to be hard to sing in choir!

[KarlAmade]

well... it is not medieval... actually this declears the medieval ages dead. if you want to hear medieval music... search for gregorian stuff or later; Perotin and Lenonin. =)

[mixolid]

"well... it is not medieval..." sorry, but this is tommyrot.

Ockeghem the either of them top ghotic comp. Sorry, but there is no gainsaying it.

This is the late -medieval.

[NSAnegrean]

ok i don't speack very well english - but this is Renascence!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think this is the corenspondent in your language, The second period of franco flamand school

[Osteomorphis]

The lyrics are as followed:

"Deo Gratias"

[zapalskiRG80]

Chorał na 36 głosów. Pierwszy na świecie chorał na tak duży skład, prawda że brzmi niebywale?

That is 36 choirds choral, it sounds awesome

[Monrealese]

Ah, this must be Huelgas Ensemble by Paul van Nevel! Wonderfull!

[HereWasRachel]

this is such an incredible piece, thanks so much for posting it! five stars!

[codonauta]

I found this composition in the internet once by accident.

[jannokas85]

Thank God for that accident, LOL! Love this music.

[quasarsphere]

So did I. Just now.

This is great stuff!

[enrico20087]

GRANDE \IMMENSO

THANK YOU

[humurabi418]

this is the greatest song of all time

[aggiedee]

Thank you for posting this! Such heavenly music :)

[Osteomorphis]

Deo gratias for this video.

[Osteomorphis]

...and this video sounds a lot better if you do it in play it in stereo: add &fmt=18 to the end of this URL (and any Youtube URL) to play it in HD. It works pretty well for this video.

...&fmt=18

[codonauta]

Really? I didn't know that I can offer my videos in a better quality.

Thanks for the information.

[codonauta]

It is a very unusual composition.

[amberfly67]

I would rate for the second time: 5 stars for pictures. Thank you!

[marciagiesta]

Fernando, as fotos combinaram tri bem ! :-)

thanks

[Kerguelen1]

Richly layered, and magnificent! Thank you for posting this one codonuata!