What key is Pange Lingua in?

What key is Pange Lingua in?

Phrygian mode
Pange lingua, WAB 33

Which type of imitation did Josquin Desprez use in his setting of Pange Lingua?

It features extensive imitative polyphony, point-of-imitation, and voice pairing.

Who composed Pange Lingua?

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium is a hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) for the Feast of Corpus Christi (now called the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ).

When was Pange Lingua written?

The surviving manuscripts and prints of Josquin’s works suggest that this Missa Pange lingua, written about 1515, was his last Mass. And a fitting capstone of his career as a composer of liturgical music it was. The title Pange lingua comes from the first words of the hymn on which this Mass is based.

What language is Missa Pange Lingua?

Latin
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What does Pange mean?

Pange is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Why was Pange Lingua written?

(1) Pange lingua gloriosi lauream certaminis, a hymn of the holy cross by Venantius fortunatus, written c. 569 for the reception of a relic of the cross, sent by Emperor justin ii to Queen radegunda, in Poitiers.

Why was the Pange Lingua written?

What is Josquin famous for?

Josquin was a master of Renaissance polyphony. He was the greatest innovator of counterpoint (pre-Bach) and pioneered the technique of melodic imitation between voices in the composition of choral music.

What is the importance of Josquin des Prez to musical composition?

Josquin is widely considered by music scholars to be the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music that was emerging during his lifetime.

What genre is Pange Lingua mass?

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