Pop music versions of Renaissance music

Fascinating ! The harmony in the DiLasso , is striking , and stunning . Perhaps a bit off topic, but this storied close harmony group from the late twenties is worth a listen . This is a French version of this music - https://youtu.be/vRk3smsTDJI I was unaware of the Villancico , and your post piqued my curiosity , so I looked it up . After a lifetime spent as a musician , I'm still learning new things ! While not Spanish , it brought to my mind's ear some of Orff's writing in " Carmina Burana " . Not Rennaissance , but late Romantic , The last movement of Brahms Second Piano Concerto - ( start at 41 :00 ) https://youtu.be/BszBccYHuAk brings this , by Richard Rodgers , to mind - https://youtu.be/M-TIu2-fd8o

Thanks, Steven! This discussion reminds me of a show that used to be on public radio, hosted by Peter Schickele (of P.D.Q. Bach fame). In each show, he would examine a technical aspect of music and illustrate it with music from a very wide range of genres. The motto of the show was “If it sounds good, it IS good!”

Thank you both for the grins! I'm another "lifetime as a musician" person (Vicki), many years singing Renaissance music, & never dreamed that the Monkees had covered Riu, riu. And Peter Schickele, ahh.

Welcome, Vicki and Stewart! I too have sung quite a lot of Renaissance music over the years, and have experienced this strange reverse-timeline phenomenon in which certain passages make me think of Dvorak (!). Also, good to meet, however virtually, another Peter Schickele fan.

As we want to stay focused on the travel component , let's go to Vienna in the eighteenth century , and Richard Strauss' " Der Rosenkavalier " ( 1910 ) . Told here in three minutes , courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera in NY . Try to contain your emotions , everyone - https://youtu.be/JoNl3kWntK4

Oh, Steven! Snerk.