Founders’ Finale:
The Musical Legacy of Charles V
Online May 21-31
with Daniel Swenberg, lute & Héloise Degrugillier and Fiona Last, winds
The famed traveling musical establishments of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V included a star-studded roster of composers: Jakob Obrecht, Alexander Agricola, Heinrich Isaac, Josquin des Prez in the Low Countries; Christóbal de Morales, Mateo Flecha, Francisco Guerrero, Antonio de Cabezon in Spain. They interacted to produce an international language of Renaissance polyphony, a musical legacy of legendary proportions.