Credits:

Jacob Heringman

Description:

An album featuring motets and Masses dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Josquin des Prezwhose 500th anniversary of his death was observed this yearperformed on a single lute or vihuela.During the Renaissance, it was common practice to transcribe polyphonic vocal works for instruments such as the lute; as a result, there are numerous arrangements of Josquins workswhich enjoyed international renown at the timeby composers of his own era and the next generation. Jacob Heringman presents these arrangements alongside his own. Heringman, who grew up in the United States, was originally a guitarist, but after hearing a recording by Jacob Lindberg in 1986, he became captivated by the lute. The following year, in 1987, he moved to London to study under Lindberg at the Royal College of Music. He subsequently became active in Londona mecca for early musicplaying basso continuo and accompanying lute songs