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cantus

(ˈkæntəs)
n, pl -tus
1. (Classical Music) a medieval form of church singing; chant
2. (Classical Music) Also called: canto the highest part in a piece of choral music
3. (Classical Music) (in 15th- or 16th-century music) a piece of choral music, usually secular, in polyphonic style
[Latin: song, from canere to sing]
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Among the models are Luana Nobilio and Leanne Hughes (right) Nine members of the 11-strong singing group Cantus, based in Newsome, treated Asda shoppers in Birkby to a serenade in 1987 Womens doubles badminton at Newsome High - Sheila Mellor front with players in 2009 The Friend to Friend club's newest branch was set up at Newsome South Methodist Church in 1999.
In regards to the criteria for the Inventory elements of the Catalogue, the names of all of the feast days, chant texts, and abbreviations for offices and chant genres are standardised and conform to those given in the CANTUS manuscript database (available at cantus.uwaterloo.ca [accessed 15 March 2019]), which greatly facilitates locating them in that database.
Friday's started with Arvo Part's Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten (waves of anguished mourning, if a bit thinly expressed by the violins).
After the success of the performance by the female choir Cantus Novus Femina from Limassol together with the Concordia String Quartet last year in Limassol as part of the third Pancyprian Classical Music Youth Festival, the musicians are now ready to show Nicosia what they have got.
Berar joined Stage Tec in 1999, where he worked on developing dynamic automation for Cantus and Cinetra, the company's first mixing consoles.
Part (Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten), Beethoven (Piano Concerto No.
The vehicle will be called 'Hyundai Cantus' in the country.
Cantus Song of a Czech Dvorak and Janacek for Men's Voices
Although these works contain many of the musical styles associated with the Neumeister-type sacred cantata, and were performed interchangeably with that kind of concerted music in church services, Poetzsch is careful to identify these five works as chorale arrangements (Choralbearbeitungen), since the composer sets every verse of the hymns, and their chorale melodies are consistently featured as a cantus firmus in each movement.
The University of Oregon's School of Music and Dance hosts the Cantus Vocal Ensemble this weekend as it rounds out the popular Chamber Music@Beall season and then, in a totally different mood, sponsors a public conversation with the legendary - and reportedly irreverent - hip-hop artist Boots Riley.