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★ Follow music ► Composer: Jiří Melcelius (1624-1693) Work: Missa absque Nomine (1666) Performers: Consortio Mеlcеlii; Michael Pοspíšіl (conductor) Missa absque Nomine (1666) 1. Kyrie 0:00 2. Gloria 3:56 3. Credo 9:34 4. Sanctus 16:52 5. Benedictus 19:06 6. Agnus Dei 20:38 Painting: School of Prague (17th Century) - Mercury presenting Herse to the assembled Gods HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- Jiří (Georg) Melcelius [Meltzelius, Mältzel, Möltzel, Melcl, et al.] (Horšovský Týn, 1624 - Prague, 31 March 1693) Bohemian organist and composer. Nothing is known about his youth and musical education. He was a member of the Premonstratensian order. His life was passed in a succession of ecclesiastical musical appointments, the most notable of which was at St Benedikta, Prague, between 1663 and 1669. There he was organist and choirmaster and was apparently responsible for modernizing the repertory and building up an archive. In his last years, he retired to the Strahov monastery in Prague. As a composer, he mainly wrote sacred music, among them, several masses, a Requiem, a Te Deum and Vespers. His music style was close to Adam Michna and Pavel Vejvanovský, the foremost bohemian composers during 17th Century.
