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Diogo Dias Melgáz
1638 - 1700
Portugal
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| D. Dias Melgáz |
Diogo Dias Melgáz [also: Diogo Dias Melgaco or Melgás] (11/04/1638 - 09/03/1700), a Portuguese composer; born in Cuba, Portugal, died in Evora, Portugal. His work is described as: "the expressive Baroque word-painting of the last great polyphonist, Diogo Dias Melgás."
Dies irae
| Period: | Baroque |
| Musical form: | motet |
| Text/libretto: | Thomas de Celano (1190 - c.1255) |
The City of Oxford Choir gave a thoughtful performance of works by composers of the 16th and 17th centuries with the title A Portuguese Requiem. The truly remarkable feature of the performance was Leech's treatment of Diogo Dias Melgas's "Dies irae". Always a sobering experience, it became thoroughly intimidating as the double choir filed down to stand on either side of its cowering audience, singing antiphonally in strong block chords to thundering organ accompaniment.
| Author: | Jeannine Alton |
| Source: | The Oxford Times, July 2002 on: http://www.oxfordchoir.org/a_portuguese_requiem.htm |
Rex tremendae majestatus
| Period: | Baroque |
| Musical form: | motet |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| Duration: | 2'16 |
| Label(s): | Hyperion Records CDA 66715 |
Rex tremendae majestatus, a motet from Dies irae.
♫ Rex tremendae majestatus
© Hyperion Records CDA 66715
♫ Rex tremendae majestatus
© Hyperion Records CDA 66715
| Source: | booklet of cd Hyperion Records CDA 66715 |