2 Contrapunti sopra il canto fermo (La Spagna) Descant + Accompaniment changing meter with much chromaticism

changing meter with much chromaticism

*Contemporary Theme and 9 Variations

*Suite I* - 27 movements

Like a Chorale

2 Contrapunti sopra il canto fermo (La Spagna) Descant + Accompaniment changing meter with much chromaticism*Two Renaissance Pieces.* These two pieces from a collection of no less than 157 settings of the same cantus firmus, preserved in MSC36 of the Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale in Bologna. Due to some misunderstanding, the title page of this collection attributes the pieces to Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543 1607), a student of Palestrina, and refers to melody used as il canto fermo intitulato la base di Constanzo Festa. However it has been known for