The anonymous Flemish Messe de Tournai, compiled somewhere between 1325 and 1330, is the oldest complete polyphonic mass in existence. Intended for performance in the Cathedral Notre Dame in the Belgian city of Tournai, the Messe de Tournai is preserved in a manuscript otherwise consisting of monophonic chant. Drawing from the monophonic sections ...
The Mass of Tournai, dating from between 1330 and 1349, is generally adjudged the earliest coherent polyphonic mass cycle in the literature, despite the existence of other early fourteenth century contenders found in Toulouse, Sorbonne, and Barcelona. It has been recorded only once before with female voices by the Norwegian ensemble Trio Mediæval ...
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