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| | Program: Piffaro, The Renaissance Band |
 | | The La my la sol of Heinrich Isaac, who spent the better part of his career in Florence, and the J'ay pris amours of Jakob Obrecht, who was in Ferrara for a period of time, exemplify this practice well. |
 | | His fantasies on this borrowed tune, heard in the second half of our concert, are a tour de force of inventive instrumental writing around the tune, which is heard straightforwardly in the top line in three of the settings, and passed around the other voices in the remaining two. |
 | | Modeled after the official civic, chapel and court bands that were the premier professional ensembles from the 14th into the early 17th centuries, Piffaro has nevertheless pursued the instruments and music of the peasantry and of rustic life as well, combining the two milieu to dramatic effect when appropriate. |
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