#songsofbetrayal 2 is choral but not polyphonic (= all parts have independent melodies). It's also 20th century - austere is a vibe. Beautiful and unsettling (like B-), and so are the words. Never sure if intentionally so, but hey. Works well for a certain squeakcute www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLyG...

#songsofbetrayal 1 is www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-2.... It's a work of uncertain authorship - mysterious, like Billy, and about the agony (travail, old French) of barely seeing your beloved. Which at work (au travail, new French) on a ship is a real problem. Spacey and a bit uncanny, just like B-

Ed Ashley as Billy Gibson about to be stabbed. Chiaroscuro off the charts. Ecce Homo, anyone?

Portrait of Daniele Barbaro by Titian, 1545.

Billy Gibson is a work of Renaissance art (exhibit A, exhibit B). And so, in the last throes of #Davechella, have a polyphonic playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-2...
I'll post a couple of the 13 (yes, 13) #songsofbetrayal a day with notes to say why I love this niche music and you should too