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quantum

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English Cadence

on: January 20, 2009, 02:12:14 PM

Can someone please explain this, and give examples of how it would be used in musical context?

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Re: English Cadence

Reply #1 on: January 21, 2009, 11:47:22 PM

"Amongst the composers to use the English cadence were Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, and Orlando Gibbons. For instance, the anthem "Hosanna to the Son of David" by Gibbons contains three discrete examples of the device in just 66 bars."

F rom wikipedia

, guess you should listen to that choral. I didn´t understand much from the wikipedia article. I remember reading about all different Clausulas and it got me really confused.

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