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A contemporary and compatriot of Josquin des Près, Marbriano de Orto was also his colleague in the papal
choir during the 1480s and 90s, and like Josquin he received the unusual honour of having several of his
Masses printed by Ottaviano Petrucci. His music shows marked individuality, particularly in its fondness
for mensural complexities (more evident on paper than to the ear) and its contrapuntal licence. This second
volume in Antico's complete edition of Marbriano's music contains his Missa Dominicalis, which is a Mass for
Sundays throughout the year using appropriate Mass Ordinary plainchants as cantus firmi in each movement; the
style suggests a date in the 1480s. For four voices: TrAAB. viii + 31 pages.
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