Orchestration of Renaissance Polyphony - Example 3

Example 3: Final sonorities of each section of the Agnus Dei from Jean Richafort’s Requiem im Memoriam Josquin des Prez (1532), performed by the King’s Singers. Voicing of the three final sonorities excerpted in Example 4. Sonority B stands out for its lack of third above the lowest sounding note, and sonority C lacks the lowest fifth (in the Tenor) found in sonorities A and B.