The Art of the Netherlands
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The Art of the Netherlands was an influential collection of recordings made by the Early Music Consort
Early Music Consort
The Early Music Consort of London was founded by Christopher Hogwood and David Munrow in 1967 and disbanded in 1976 following Munrow's death. It produced many influential collections of early music, typical of which was The Art of the Netherlands issued as a 3-record set in 1976.-Selected...

 of London under the direction of David Munrow
David Munrow
David Munrow was a British musician and early music historian.- Biography and career :Munrow was born in Birmingham and was the son of Birmingham University dance teacher Hilda Norman Munrow and Albert Davis 'Dave' Munrow, a Birmingham University lecturer and physical education instructor who...

 and issued in 1976 as a three-disk set. It has since been reissued twice on CD.

The recording (SLS 5049) was split into 'Volumes' as follows:-
Volume I: Secular Songs - 14 songs/chansons
Volume II: Instrumental Music - 13 pieces & Mass
Mass (music)
The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...

 Movements - 5 pieces
Volume III: Motets - 9 pieces


The full track list of this and subsequent reissues can be found here: http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/emi5049.htm
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