Precursors of Adriano Willaert in the Practice of "Coro Spezzato"

Abstract

of the I6th century. As has been observed, the question does not concern the ancient practice of the Church of performing the Psalms with two choirs, alternately answering each other in chanting verses, but rather a custom introduced in the early part of the I6th century; while the ancient tradition of two alternating choirs was maintained, the Gregorian chant came to be supplanted by polyphonic verses, generally entrusted to two vocal quartets (cantus, altus, tenor, bassus). For the sake of orderly arrangement, I shall first set forth the present status of the question, to the extent of my knowledge; but, for the sake of greater clarity, I should like to explain immediately that the double choir, as used in the I6th century, might take three different forms: 2

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