[MR] Early-Music Concert by Collegium Cantorum

[Roy B. Scherer]

There may be some gentles in the Tavern who will appreciate the following.

Guillaume Dufay (Du Fay, Du Fayt) 
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_5>August 5, 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1397>1397? – 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_27>November 
27, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1474>1474) was 
a 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France>Franco-<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders>Flemish 
composer and 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory>music 
theorist of the early 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music>Renaissance. 
As the central figure in the 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundian_School>Burgundian 
School, he was the most famous and influential 
composer in Europe in the mid-15th century.
-- Britton

Collegium Cantorum, under the direction of 
Timothy Kendall, will present "DuFay: A Concert 
of Sacred Polyphony by the Preeminent Master of the Early Renaissance".

8:00 P.M. Saturday, May 31, 2008 at
Saint Monica and Saint James Episcopal Church
222 8th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
(directions: <http://www.saintjameschurch.org>www.saintjameschurch.org)

3:30 P.M. Sunday, June 1, 2008 at
Saint Mary Mother of God Catholic Church
727 5th Street NW (at H Street)
Washington, DC 20001-2666
(directions: 
<http://www.parishes.org/marymothergod.html>www.parishes.org/marymothergod.html)

Voluntary contribution of $20 suggested, but ADMISSION IS FREE.

Inappropriate for small children; school-age children welcome.

See <http://www.CollegiumCantorum.org>www.CollegiumCantorum.org


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