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oratorio " that are not traceable to the Gregorian-polyphonic " Passions." St Filippo admired Animuccia so warmly that he declared he had seen the soul of his friend See also:

FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly upwards towards See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven. In 1555 Animuccia was appointed See also:

MAESTRO

maestro di See also:

CAPELLA, MARTIANUS MINNEUS FELIX

capella at St See also:

Peter's, an See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office which he held until his See also:

DEATH

death in 1571. He was succeeded by See also:

PALESTRINA, GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA (1526-1594)

Palestrina, who had been his friend and probably his See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil. The See also:

MANUSCRIPT

manuscript of many of Animuccia's compositions is still preserved in the Vatican Library. His See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief published See also:

WORKS

works were Madrigals e Motetti a quattro e cinque voci (Ven. 1548) and Il primo Libro di Messe (Rom. 1567). From the latter Padre See also:

Martini has taken two specimens for his Saggio di Contrapunto. A See also:

mass from the Primo Libro di Messe on the See also:

CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

canto See also:

FERMO (anc. 1%irmum Picenum)

fermo of the hymn Conditor See also:

ALME

alme siderunt is published in See also:

MODERN

modern notation in the Anthologie See also:

des maitres religieux primitifs of the Chanteurs de See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

GERVAIS, PAUL (1816-1879)

Gervais. It is See also:

SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn and See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble in conception, and would be a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

WORK

work but for a roughness which is more careless than archaic.

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