CMM 114 Firminus Caron (2nd Half 15th Century), Collected Works, Edited by Murray Steib and Sean Gallagher, Vol. 1. Masses

Firminus Caron was one of the most important composers in the interstitial period between the generation of Ockeghem and that of Josquin and his contemporaries. He was active from the early 1460s through the mid 1470s. In 1473, Tinctoris referred to him as one of "the most outstanding of all composers I have heard," and he is also mentioned in the text of Loyset Comp re's composer-motet, "Omnium bonorum plena," which likely also dates from the early 1470s.

Although Caron worked in northern Europe, his masses exist only in Italian sources; this is explained by the complete lack of French mass manuscripts from the fifteenth century. His Missa L'homme arm is among the earliest in that tradition. Volume 1 of this edition includes all five of Caron's masses plus the Missa Thomas Cecus, which has been attributed to Caron by Christopher Reynolds. A full assessment of his music and its importance in the history of the mass has not been possible before now because of the lack of an accessible edition.

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