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This motet-like setting is based on a beautiful plainchant for the time of advent. The text is based upon Isaiah. Even though some chant books call it a "gregorian" chant, it can hardly be of medieval origin because of its tonality and madrigalesque text illustration. Actually, this is a very attractive mixture of musical concepts developed in the 16th century with a medieval style. The book Cantus Selecti (Tournai, 1957) lists P. Bourget as the probable author of chant and text and 1634 as the year of publication. This polyphonic setting adds another appropriate musical style (16c counterpoint) to this fine example of "period composing".
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