Non-repertory music to recommend a long-time long-suffering listener

[North Star]

Hi DaveF, I too was confused about the dates and did a little research on the net; I'll go with your thought that those specific ones are spurious. The Scholars have cultivated a uniquely blended sound for 16th century repertory and though beautiful I remember thinking how much better the clearer lines of Pro Antiqua Cantione were...

Try Cinquecento & other one-voice-per-part groups, lines don't get any clearer than this:
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[Sean]

Thanks North, duly noted. Cinquecento means 15th century I guess (Richaford died c1547...).

[North Star]

Thanks North, duly noted. Cinquecento means 15th century I guess (Richaford died c1547...).

Five hundred, I think. But they specialize in music from the 1500s.

[Sean]

Five hundred, I think. But yes, they specialize in music from the 1500s.

...The 1500s being the 16th century...

[Karl Henning]

Five hundred, I think. But they specialize in music from the 1500s.

Yes, that's right. The Italians have their own usage, and indeed cinquecento refers to the 16^th century (sorry that this was how Sean had to find out, by making himself appear yet smaller . . . .)

[I suppose that historians of a yet older epoch would use the same for the 6^th century; but context would make all clear.]

[Cato]

Yes, that's right. The Italians have their own usage, and indeed cinquecento refers to the 16^th century (sorry that this was how Sean had to find out, by making himself appear yet smaller . . . .)

The unwitting self-satire just keeps on coming!

[Sean]

Damn foreigners.