Mass: Je suis desheritee sung by the Schola Polyphonica
Director, Henry Washington
For nearly fifteen years Nicholas Gombert was in charge of the chapel choir a the Emperor Charles V's court. This royal post afforded frequent opportunities for travel and gave Gombert a wide acquaintance with European music of the time. He took rhe theme of his Mass ' Je su:s desheritee ' (1557) from a four-part chanson by Pierre Cadeac. D.S.