Leonardo da Vinci: A Musical Odyssey - Helas que pourra devenir (Caron) Petrucci Odhecaton (1501)

A bonus track from our Leonardo da Vinci project, "Helas que pourra devenir" by Firminus Caron, published by Petrucci in Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (Venice, 1501). The performance is a typical renaissance ensemble of three shawms and a sackbut (trombone). Filmed as part of the Voices of Music award winning "Leonardo da Vinci: A Musical Odyssey" program. Full program here    • Leonardo da Vinci: A Musical Odyssey. Musi...   Caron's "Helas" was very popular and appeared in many sources at the close of the 15th century. (From Wikipedia) Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (One Hundred Songs of Polyphonic Music, also known as Odhecaton) is an anthology of secular songs published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501 in Venice. It is the first substantial collection of polyphonic music to be printed using movable type. The Odhecaton was hugely influential both in publishing in general and in dissemination of the Franco-Flemish musical style. In 1498 Petrucci had obtained an exclusive 20-year license for all printing activities related to music anywhere in the Venetian Republic. Three years later, in 1501, he brought out his first anthology, 96 secular songs, mostly polyphonic French chansons, for three or four voice parts, calling it the Harmonice musices odhecaton. For this work he printed two parts on the right-hand side of a page, and two parts on the left, so that four singers or instrumentalists could read from the same sheet. The type was probably designed, cut, and cast by Francesco Griffo and Jacomo Ungaro, both of whom were in Venice at the time.The collection included music by some of the most famous composers of the time, including Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin des Prez, Antoine Brumel, Antoine Busnois, Alexander Agricola, Jacob Obrecht, Hayne van Ghizeghem. Many of the works contained in it (as is often the case in manuscripts and early printed collections) are anonymous. Musicians (left to right) Adam Gilbert, shawm Malachai Bandy, shawm Rotem Gilbert, shawm Adam Bregman, sackbut Audio Engineer: David Tayler Video: Lloyd Hryciw & David Tayler Produced by Hanneke van Proosdij Post production: David Tayler & Andrew Levy Produced by David Tayler & Hanneke van Proosdij Audio mastering, video cutting and final 4K color and render: David Tayler You may see all of these fabulous musicians perform with Ciaramella here (and with many other ensembles!)    / ciaramella2009   Voices of Music, directed by Hanneke van Proosdi and David Tayler, is a 510(c)(3) nonprofit. With your donations, we can make more videos like this one https://voicesofmusic.org/donate.html Additional notes: this work was set with a different text as "Ave sidus clarissimum," and CoDirector David Tayler recorded this work a half century ago as part of an LP set singing the tenor part in 1974-75 with the Richard Taruskin directing the Columbia University Collegium Musicum, program here: https://www.discogs.com/release/11711... #petrucci