In Nomine for Viol-consort by William Byrd

An In Nomine by William Byrd.
Score available at:
http://serpentpublications.org/music/byrd/nomineII/allparts.pdf
I Better quote the Wiki article, to explain this genre:
Wiki (engl.):
"In Nomine is a title given to a large number of pieces of English polyphonic, predominantly instrumental music, first composed during the 16th century.

This "most conspicuous single form in the early development of English consort music" (Edwards 2001) originated in the early 16th century from a six-voice mass composed before 1530 by John Taverner on the plainchant Gloria Tibi Trinitas. In the Benedictus section of this mass, the Latin phrase "in nomine Domini" was sung in a reduced, four-part counterpoint, with the plainchant melody in the mean (alto part). At an early point, this attractive passage became popular as a short instrumental piece, though there is no evidence that Taverner himself was responsible for any of these arrangements (Bowers, Doe, and Benham 2001). Over the next 150 years, English composers worked this melody into "In Nomine" pieces of ever greater stylistic range.

In Nomines are typically consort pieces for four or five instruments, especially consorts of viols. One instrument plays the theme through as a cantus firmus with each note lasting one or even two measures; usually this is the second part from the top. The other parts play more complex lines, often in imitative counterpoint. Usually they take up several new motifs in turn, using each one as a point of imitation. However, there are In Nomines composed for solo or duo keyboard instruments and even one for the lute: a fantasy titled Farewell by John Dowland (Edwards 2001).

Examples of the genre include compositions by Christopher Tye ( the most prolific composer of In Nomines, with 24 surviving settings), Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, William Lawes, and Henry Purcell, among many others. They can vary in mood from melancholy to serene, exultant, or even playful or hectic (as in Tye's In Nomine "Crye," in which the viols seem to imitate the call of a street hawker). etc"

Ernst Stolz violadagamba

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[arkoenig]

Is there an organ doubling the cantus firmus?

[ernststolz]

yes sure

[GabyMarbo]

Thanks for sharing this video. Great time being here ;)

[ernststolz]

welcome!

[ElTGV]

Very nice. I hope many people find their way to this and get a taste of the richness of music that was not made this morning and that will last beyond this evening...

[ernststolz]

Thank you, that is very nicely said!

[superinfojunkie]

You Sir, have an Elizabethan soul. You actually FEEL the music, as opposed to those just caring about technical proficiency. Seeing you play all four parts, blew me away. Makes me jealous (I can't play anything ) *sniff* :(

[ernststolz]

Thanks for passing by!

[kidneykutter]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!