R4: Singing for Solidarity Wed, Sept 20th 9 a.m.

[vinteuil]

I'm not sure what the magical ingredient of four-part harmony is, but the piece which was chosen to accompany Scruton'swas Byrd's Justorum animae which is, of course, in five parts.

... o jean, that's worth a hug



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[DracoM]

[W.Kearns]

I'm not sure what the magical ingredient of four-part harmony is, but the piece which was chosen to accompany Scruton'swas Byrd's Justorum animae which is, of course, in five parts.

Since the altos split for a phrase or so, you could even argue that it is (briefly) in six parts...

[Vox Humana]

Since the altos split for a phrase or so, you could even argue that it is (briefly) in six parts...

Not the way Byrd wrote it they don't.