Composition -
A solis ortus, cardine
By Gilles Binchois (c. 1400-1460)
 
S A T B
 
 
This is Binchois' four part setting of a Christmas Hymn. The setting is based on a Gregorian Hymn which is quoted here in the Tenor part. The rising of the sun is set by each part as they rise slowly stepwise five notes. The bass part jumps up an octave in this section in the second syllable of "cardine" referring to the "cardinal" direction of the sunrise. "To the ends of the earth" is then set with the longest melismas in the piece. In a striking addition of the third in the final chord Binchois makes more warmly human the birth of Christ.
-- Roy Sansom
 
 
Play-along files synthesized and contributed by Roy Sansom.  Accompaniments are at 8' pitch, so the top line will sound best on tenor, second line on bass, etc. if available.

Listen to all parts
No soprano - you play soprano
No alto - you play alto
No tenor - you play tenor
No bass - you play bass

Listen to all parts, with metronome
 
 
No. of Recorder Parts:
4
Difficulty:
Very Easy
Occasion:
Christmas/Advent
Libraries:
Play-alongs, Arrangements and Transcriptions
Date Added:
11/29/2020
Style:
Recorded Accompaniment, Renaissance/Baroque/Classical