We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

Lucie Skeaping is joined by Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars to explore some of the defining qualities and the ethos of Renaissance polyphony. Show more Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars ...

Although it’s commissioned works from contemporary composers and had a 1994 crossover hit collaborating with a Norwegian saxophonist, the early music Hilliard Ensemble stuck to Renaissance music ...

Artist: The Royal Wind Music; Adrian Willaert; Hernando de Cabezón; Johannes Ockeghem; Nicolas Gombert; Antoine Brumel; Carlo Gesualdo; Pierre Phalèse; Alfonso Ferrabosco; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck; ...

From Miller Theatre Director Melissa Smey: "I am so excited to continue this season's Early Music series by welcoming back the exceptional voices of New York Polyphony. Their exquisite sound is ...

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts concludes the 2013-14 season of its Early Music series with The Tallis Scholars, with Peter Phillips as director, performing 40 Years of ...

In 2015, majestic renaissance polyphony sat comfortably alongside folk tunes and Christmas classics, from Walford-Davies’ luscious The Holly and the Ivy and John Rutter’s popular Sans Day Carol to the ...

Ah, the Renaissance—lots of deep thinkers, gorgeous art, busty maidens, fried dough on a stick (if Ren faires are to be believed), and the liveliest music this side of the Middle Ages. But when you ...

And literally every section and subsection of the piece is based on a pre-existing melody, so it's a very song-like piece as Renaissance polyphony goes." Isaac was a Flemish composer who served most ...