Composers like to borrow

Composers never let a good idea go to waste. This week’s example of borrowing is Guerrero’s Missa de la batalla escoutez, based on Janequin’s madrigal “La Guerre” - a Spanish mass setting based on a French madrigal about the Battle of Marignano in 1515.

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Missa de la batalla escoutez: Credo · The Sixteen Guerrero: Missa de la batalla escoutez ℗ 2009 The Sixteen Pr...