Ancient Rigor with a little Modern Delight: Romano Micheli and The Psalms of the Office of Vespers (1610)

Title
Ancient Rigor with a little Modern Delight: Romano Micheli and The Psalms of the Office of Vespers (1610)
Publication Date
2024-05-09
Author(s)
Lesueur, Brenda May
Blackburn, Alana Jane
( supervisor )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6738-2718
Email: ablackb6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ablackb6
Stoessel, Jason
( supervisor )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-2664
Email: jstoess2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jstoess2
Abstract
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Type of document
Thesis Masters Research
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of New England
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/59606
Abstract

This work presents a first modern edition of the premier opus of the prominent seventeenthcentury contrapuntist and polemicist, Romano Micheli. Several pieces in original notation, a collection of options for different voicings, and editions for male and female voices are presented. The Roman context and the personal, social and religious factors impacting the composer are investigated. The inclusion of instructions for the use of Micheli’s psalmi by nuns demands investigation of nuns and their music. The analysis of compositional techniques reveals a gradual adaptation of traditional musical language. This sophisticated work uses complex compositional techniques built on the foundations of the ‘Ancient Rigor’ of Renaissance modal counterpoint with added elements of ‘Modern Delight’.

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