Adrianus Petit Coclico (1499-1562): & Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1509-1511) скачать в хорошем качестве

Adrianus Petit Coclico (1499-1562): & Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1509-1511)

World Première Recording (Coclico) 1) Fuga I toni: 00:00 2) Fuga II toni: 00:58 3) Fuga VI toni: 1:39 4) Bicinium super Omnis arbor: 2:30 5) Bossinensis: Recercar: 3:35 Adrianus Petit Coclico was born in Flanders (Netherlands) in 1499. As is the case with so many early composers, we have but little information about his life. Though raised Catholic, at some point he opted for “heresy”, becoming a Protestant and moving to Germany. Coclico claimed to have been a pupil of the renowned Josquin des Prez, to have worked for King Henry VIII, for the French Royal Court, and also for the Pope. If these claims seem somewhat exaggerated to you, you are probably correct, for musicologists inform us that none of the claims he made can be verified. In the late 1540s, while living in Wittenberg, he got married, but his wife soon left him. (Perhaps because she found out that honesty was not one of his virtues?) Next, he moved to Frankfurt an der Oder and founded a society of musicians. Nonetheless, his financial situation was poor, to say the least, so he opted to move again, this time to Stettin (1547) – where he also was unable to find gainful employment. Thus, later in that same year of 1547, he went to Königsberg, graduated from the university there (at the advanced age of 48), and entered the service of the Duke of Prussia. Before too long, he was having problems again, since he was involved in religious disputes with the Lutherans, and also, because it was discovered that he had fathered a child with his housekeeper. He then moved yet again, and a few more times after that. We get the impression that Coclico was a problematic individual, to say the least. We don’t know if he died in 1562 (the last year in which we have evidence of his existence), or some time after that, but it is likely that he died in poverty, and forgotten. Here, the adage “Character is Fate” comes to mind. Yet despite his personal failings, Coclico was an able composer, as is evidenced by the short “fugues” you will hear in this recording. Franciscus Bossinensis – the name means “Francis the Bosnian”, thus we may suppose that though he lived and worked in Venice, this composer could well have been born in Bosnia, and went to Venice as a refugee, as did many Bosnians at the end of the 15th century. However, some musicologists feel he might have been Croatian, not Bosnian. Considering the lack of information we have about Bossinensis, we shall probably never know for sure. Yet we do know that he was a well-known lutenist who published two collections of lute music that were printed by the firm of Ottaviano Petrucci, in 1509 and 1511. The present “recercar” is a transcription for keyboard of one of the little works in the collection. I was unable to find any more keyboard transcriptions of works by Bossinensis, thus this one tiny piece shall have to serve to give you an idea of his music (Arranger: Bojan Rokanovic). David Bolton, “The Digital Harpsichordist” Is it possible that you still haven’t seen my books?! Please do check them out at Amazon! How to Memorize Music – A Practical Approach for Non-Geniuses https://amzn.to/2ElbmKp How to overcome Stage Fright − The ultimate Guide for performing Musicians https://amzn.to/2ScII1J Play it with Feeling! - Expressing Emotion in Musical Performance https://amzn.to/2Sf61bc All available at Amazon.com Please subscribe to my channel! P.S. You might want to join my Facebook Group: "The Digital Harpsichordist":   / 33804732681244