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The Musick’s Monument Vocal Ensemble
dirigent Brian Fieldhouse
Musick’s Monument Recording
Recording the triumphal and majestic procession of Charles V (1500-1558), Clement VII (Giulio de Medici known as the "lord of all cunning" by his fellow Florentines), and all the Princes and Dukes of the Spanish empire, after Charles's coronation as Holy Roman Emperor at Bologna on 22 February 1530, St. Matthew's day. Charles V was the last Emperor to receive a papal coronation, and since he and Clement VII had often been on opposing sides of the complicated political divides of early 16th-century Europe, it was an event of tremendous historical significance, and a moment of supreme triumph for Charles V. The coronation procession depicted here was culmination of the festivities and celebrations that had begun upon Charles' triumphant entry into Bologna on the 6th December 1529. "Two crowns were placed upon Charles' head that day in San Petronio - the iron crown of the Kingdom of Italy, brought from Monza and hastily enlarged because it was too tight, and the crown of the Holy Roman Empire. Universal peace was eagerly and hypocritically declared; then it was time for the banquet... In the middle of the piazza 'a whole ox was there for the taking, complete with head and very long horns, stuffed with a wether, itself stuffed with chickens, capons, partridges, pheasants, pigeons, hares, thrushes and pigs, also whole; and because no one could turn it, they had devised certain winches, turned by various lansquenets who were standing around'" (Guadalupi)
Pierre de la Rue (1460-1518) - Missa Assumpta est Maria
- Sanctus
- Duo Pleni sunt caeli
- Duo Gloria tua
The Musick’s Monument Vocal Ensemble
dirigent Brian Fieldhouse
Musick’s Monument Recording
Optocht van Karel V met de paus bij de kroning te Bologna, 1530
La vie de l' empereur Charles V. en tres-belles tailles-douces, gravées sur les desseins du celébre A. Tempeste, par deux des plus habiles Maitres J. de Gein & C. Boel. A Leide, Chez Pierre van der Aa, Avec Privilège (serietitel op object)
