We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

Les Arts Florissants and Amala Dianor Company present the Passion story through a challenging fusion of music and dance. An empty stage with just a raised platform at the back conjured not only the ...

As a small choral group bringing Western sacred music to the Far East, Chinese listeners hearing the unfamiliar sounds of Renaissance-era polyphony for the first time also can experience the Gospel ...

Although it’s commissioned works from contemporary composers and had a 1994 crossover hit collaborating with a Norwegian saxophonist, the early music Hilliard Ensemble stuck to Renaissance music ...

Image above: A page from a book of music by Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, part of the Burns Library collection. A trio of events hosted by the Boston College Music Department ...

In this week’s “Tap This,”Untapped editor Ann explores the soon-to-be next Untapped Cities hub. Stay tuned for the launch of Untapped SF at the end of this month. For now, here’s where she’s been and ...

2 Review: PUNCH: A NEW MUSICAL - PRESENTED IN CONCERT at Factory Theatre The "Music Transalpina" concert explores the historical connection between English Sacred Polyphony and Italian secular ...

Deck the halls with crumhorns and sackbutts, it's time for a very Medieval Christmas list of greatest hits from the 4th Century to the 16th. (Johannes Ockeghem's setting of the "Kyrie" from his 'Missa ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Here’s your introduction to the shining, stirring sounds of a revolutionary period in cultural history. In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or ...

The 17th century was the time of the highest flowering of choral musical culture in Russia and Ukraine. This century was also the richest in the variety of musical styles of liturgical music. In the ...