Four- and Five-Part Masses
by John Taverner
Choir - Sheet Music

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SKU: ST.EC35

Composed by John Taverner. Edited by Hugh Benham. Library Volumes. Edited by Hugh Benham. First published in 1989. Pages: 176. Format: Paperback. Dimensions (mm): 254 x 177 x 11. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #EC35. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.EC35).

ISBN 9780852497739.

Taverner's 4- and 5-part masses are shorter and simpler than his elaborately festal 6-part settings of the Ordinary. The 4-part Plainsong Mass is, for its time, unusually limited in its range of note values. The 5-part Mean Mass shows a continental unity of texture, rather than the marked differentiation between melody and rhythm that is more typical of early Tudor style. The Mass The Western Wind employs a secular cantus firmus and a resourceful variation technique. Quemadmodum are also included.