News Summary

• Gio­van­ni Varel­li found what is believed to be the ear­li­est known prac­ti­cal exam­ple of poly­phon­ic music.
• The piece was written in praise of the patron saint of Ger­many, Saint Boniface.
• Varelli’s dis­cov­ery shows a devi­a­tion from “the con­ven­tion laid out in trea­tis­es at the time”