Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz (1392-after 1452)
[Piotr Wilhelmi z Grudziądza]
15th century music
performed by
Ars Cantus
Tomasz Dobrzański, recorder, mandora, shawm & dir.
Edition: Vratislavia Cantans 2009
Recording:
TT: 57'12''
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"Never in history has the culture Central European musical borne such a distinctive mark as it did in the 15th century. The kingdoms of Poland, Bohemia and Hungary along with the eastern and southern regions of the German-speaking area were held together by a common musical repertoire, in many aspects separate from the one performed in Italy, France and the Netherlands. In addition to their idiosyncratic performance practice and musical notation, they employed their own musical textbooks. The uniqueness of Central Europe is clearly visible in their use of polyphonic music. On the one hand, pieces of West European composers were adopted and adjusted to local needs, while on the other, Latin songs and motets of remarkably regional character were composed.
The finest representative of that culture is Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz, a composer and Latin poet discovered in the early 1970s by a Czech musicologist named Jaromir Černy."
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