Dialogus de anima (Du Mont, Henry)

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Work Title Dialogus de anima
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Composer Du Mont, Henry
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IHD 20
Language Latin
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 5 voices, 2 violins, continuo

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  • Described by Grove Music as a motet, but also according to Grove, described by Sébastien de Brossard as "a very excellent kind of oratorio".
  • According to Harry Haskell, in Yale Voxtet : Histoires et Dialogues: Music from the French Baroque, this consists of "three short instrumental symphonies for two violins and continuo [that] are interspersed with extended narratives for one, two, three, or five singers."