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Originally Posted by Plush  As a clue to what music would work well at Exeter, I propose that you catalog and research the music that was done at its opening. These ceremonies would have been planned very thoroughly and carefully.
Since the cathedral was built over some centuries and finished in the 1400's, the music presented must have been pious and simple indeed! And that's your answer. |
Plush-
This is the 3rd time I've read an answer you've given that was so dead on! Next time I'm in Chicago I'm buying you dinner.
Choral music is what those Cathedrals were built for. Starting in the Renaissance period composers began to use Polphony to great effect, beginning with Palestrina and continuing on through to the 20th century with Vaughan-Williams & Rutter. Palestrina actually wrote eight-section (not just parts, sections!) works that used the galleries to surround the listeners with voices. Huge pipe organs didn't begin showing up until the 18th century.