Raul Minor - Floral Fragrance

SEBASTIAN FROM FELSTIN (Sebastian z Felsztyna, Felsztynski, Sebastianus Felstin, do Felstin, Felsztyn, Fulsztyn, S. Felstinensis, Roxolanus z Felsztyna), (c. 1490, Felshtyn - c. 1544) theorist. He studied music and theology at the Jagiellonian University (1507-09; bachelor of the so-called liberal arts), later a professor at the same university. He was known as a teacher; presumably his students were M. Leopolit and Wenceslas from Shamotul. Having taken the clergyhip, he became vicar in Felshtyn, then in Przemysl, and from 1536 - priest in Sanok. The author of the musical theory. treatises, which set out the basics of Gregorian singing and menstrual notation, including "Opusculum musices mensuralis" - the first textbook on menstrual theory in Poland, found. on the work of F. Gaffory, universally recognized at that time, “Musica practica”. The author of the church. musesworks by Alleluia, Ave Maria, Felix et Sacre, De Conceptione, Prosa ad rorate and others. His surviving works on cantus firmus are the oldest examples of Polish 4-voice. They combine the features of polyphonic wok. style 15 and 16 centuries. Along with parallel octaves and fifths, as well as the use of cantus firmus for even extended durations, he encounters a technique of imitation and a treatment of dissonance that is the most modern for that time. Mn muses Op.S. from F. lost. B. h. S. from F. is known for mentioning contemporaries.