The Musical Past of Switzerland
This first programme of the "Musica Helvetica" series spans a period of over thousand years.
It outlines the development of serious music in Switzerland from earliest liturgic songs to the classical sounds of an 18th century opera buffa on a rustic Swiss theme.
Musical content:
1. Bell of Wagenhausen, Canton Thurgau
2. Anonymus (9th c): Psallat Ecclesia Mater
3. Codex Beromünster (13th c): Cunctipotens Genitor
4. Rudolf von Fenis (12th c): Minne gebuitet mir daz ich singe
5. Ludwig Senfl (16th c): Sanctus from Missa Pascalis
6. Loys Bourgeois (16th c): Veu que du tout en Dieu
7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (18th c): Le Devin du Village
8. Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schauensee (18th c): Aria of Baschi from Engelberger Talhochzeit
9. Carillon of Conthey, Canton Wallis/Valais
Production information:
Musica Helvetica MH 1. The Musical Past of Switzerland. Produced 1972 for SBC / SRI by Lance Tschannen and Nicolas Lombard.
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