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Even if the weather is Miserere-able...

^^ Simon,

firstly, I've known people get thrown off forums for puns as terrible as that...

secondly, it appears he died on 17th February 1652, meaning his 360th anniversary was last Friday:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Allegri

is this date in dispute, at all?

Dunno, but Wiki is generally pretty good on the dates. Happy birthday Allegri! I wonder what he'd make of the "current" version of the Miserere?

Sorry about the pun. I hate myself a little bit.

Diapason wrote:I wonder what he'd make of the "current" version of the Miserere?

Sorry about the pun. I hate myself a little bit.

quite right. a little bit of self-loathing never did anyone any harm..

can you expand on the opening line? do you mean sopranos hitting the top C rather than small boys, or something more profound?

More profound than that.

I'm reasonably sure (although I probably shouldn't spend my worktime finding a suitable source!) that Allegri's Miserere didn't include the top C's at all, and that they were added later. Leave it with me...

Try this for starters:

http://ancientgroove.co.uk/essays/allegri.html

^^ yes, the Wiki page talks about the version taken back to England by Dr Charles Burney, as being without this ornamentation, too... seems to tie up.

thanks, Simon.

Of course, it doesn't really matter where they came from, I love those high C's!!

Diapason wrote:Of course, it doesn't really matter where they came from, I love those high C's!!

me too... are you a fan of Sheppard's 'Media Vita'? Bet you are... ;-)

Diapason wrote:Even if the weather is Miserere-able...

ah it keeps down the dust and a happy musical day to you too.