By the time of the Polyhymnia caduceatrix of 1619, Praetorius had embraced a remarkably forward-looking musical aesthetic in which the highly ornamented Italian vocal style of the times, and a dense scoring employing as many as sixteen voices are all expressive possibilities at his disposal.
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix)
Verleih Uns Frieden Gnädiglich (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix)
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Polyhymnia: The Rhetoric of Horation Lyric Discourse by Gregson Davis (Hardcover - Oct 18, 1991)
The orbit of Polyhymnia and the mass of Jupiter (Astronomical papers prepared for the use of the American ephemeris and nautical almanac) by Paul M Janiczek (Unknown Binding - 1971)
The Polyhymnia exercitatrix of Michael Praetorius: An illustration of early seventeenth century Italian performance practices in Germany (University of Hawaii) by Barbara Stechow Harris (Unknown Binding - 1973)
On 2004 Sep 12 UT, the 65 kmdiameter asteroid (33) Polyhymnia will occult a 10.9 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path across SE Australia.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 1.4 mag to 12.0 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 5.7 seconds.
On 2004 Jul 24 UT, the 65 kmdiameter asteroid (33) Polyhymnia will occult a 11.7 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path across Brazil, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 0.6 mag to 11.3 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 11.8 seconds.
It stinks to have to walk to the church from a bus stop, when you find out after calling choir members that most of them will be late to practise, and it would be better to take the bus instead.
