In magnate Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, burials of the nobility necessitated an appropriately solemn ceremony. + An elaborate Castrum doloris was built, on which the deceased was...

In magnate Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, burials of the nobility necessitated an appropriately solemn ceremony. + An elaborate Castrum doloris was built, on which the deceased was solemnly laid. + An elaborate liturgical ceremony with music began, accompanied by appropriate sacred songs and instrumental intradas and such as appears on this CD. + Almost all songs performed were selected from A. Piotrkowczyk’s Processionale (Cracow, 1621). + Appropriate instrumental funeral music occupies the transitions.