I was awoken this morning by a blast from the radio of a passage from the
Aeneid ("O socii neque enim ...") in a motet-like setting by Cipriano de
Rore (d.1565):
http://www.answers.com/topic/o-socii-neque-enim-for-5-voices
Further investigation reveals that Cipriano was not alone amongst
composers
of that era to set Virgil. Looks like they were all at it! -
http://tinyurl.com/3zevfj
Patruus
