Bicinien

*12 Renaissance Pieces.* Includes Foreword in German only.

1. Sy mon malheur me continue ~ (Pelletier)
2. Souvent amour ~ (Pelletier)
3. Le contente ent riche ~ (Anon)
4. Joyssance vous donneray ~ (Anon)
5. Duo ~ (Anon)
6. Canon Duo. In carne vale ~ (Anon)
7. Ayez pitie du grant mal ~ (Claude de Sermisy)
8. Se dir ie lo soye, dont me vient le souffrir ~ (Anon)
9. Amys souffres ~ (Anon)
10. Le cuer de vous ~ (Antonio Gardane)
11. Benedictus qui venit ~ (Antoine Fevin)
12. Et resurrexit tertia die ~ (Anon)

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(BICINIEN: In music of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras, a bicinium (pl. bicinia) was a composition for only two parts, especially one for the purpose of teaching counterpoint or singing.

The term has had two usages in music history:

1. Recently, the term has come to mean any composition at all from the Renaissance or early Baroque period for two vocal or instrumental parts.
2. Historically, a bicinium referred specifically to a two-part composition used as a teaching tool, most often in Protestant, German-speaking areas.)

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_Score 15 pp._