![]() On the other hand, the Missa Ave regina coelorum could have been the annual Ladymass he established in 1470 for the Feast of St. It may be that Dufay's mass setting based on the same Ave regina was sung for the solemn Dedication of Cambrai Cathedral Dufay had long served as a Canon of the Cathedral, and was its most famous musician. By 1470-1471, Dufay had established an annual Ladymass to be sung his will, furthermore, stipulated ongoing payments for the singing of his (lost) Requiem and his antiphon Ave regina coelorum. ![]() As a conscientous (and wealthy) late-medieval Catholic, Dufay had already endowed annual services for his immortal soul. In late November 1474, a physician had repeatedly bled Guillaume Dufay "on account of the sickness in his legs and elsewhere," but his efforts were futile.
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