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The earliest documented example of the English word 'consort' in a musical sense is in George Gascoigne’s The Princelye Pleasures (1576). [1] Only from the mid-17th century has there been a clear distinction made between a ‘whole’, or ‘closed’ consort, that is, all instruments of the same family (for example, a set of viols played together) and a ‘mixed’, or ‘broken’ consort ...
In English early Baroque music, a broken consort is an ensemble featuring instruments from more than one family, for example a group featuring both string and wind instruments. A consort consisting entirely of instruments of the same family, on the other hand, was referred to as a "whole consort ", though this expression is not found until well ...
Consort Song may refer to: Consort song, English song form of the late 16th and early 17th centuries; People. Empress Jingyin (died 82), concubine of Emperor Zhang ...
The Marian Consort is a British vocal ensemble led by founder and artistic director Rory McCleery. They perform early music going back as far as the 12th century, and specialize in Medieval and Renaissance music, as well as contemporary music. [1] They tour internationally, typically performing with eight singers, with McCleery conducting.
Consort Airport, Consort, Alberta, Canada; CONSORT Colleges, a consortium of college libraries in the U.S. state of Ohio; HMS Consort (R76), a C-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy; The Consort, novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan 1912; The Consort, musical journal of the Dolmetsch Foundation; The female partner in tantric yab-yum
A royal consort is the spouse of a serving monarch, whose main duty is to provide support and companionship during their reign. Unlike the king or queen, they do not have a formal position or set ...
Starting in 1999, the Freiburg new-music organization ensemble recherche began commissioning an ongoing series of short In Nomine compositions for the festival Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik. The series is dedicated to Harry Vogt , director of the festival since 1989, and is collectively titled the Witten In Nomine Broken Consort Book. [3]
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