Missa Doulce mémoire & Missa a note negre

Missa Doulce mémoire & Missa a note negre is a pair of mass settings by Renaissance composer Cipriano de Rore, composed in the mid-16th century. These settings employ dense polyphonic vocal writing in the Franco-Flemish tradition, with expressive imitative counterpoint and modal-harmonic language that illustrate Rore's contribution to the increasing expressivity and chromatic exploration of the late Renaissance mass repertoire.