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Dufay's Missa Se la face ay pale: a guide to recordings

Fabrice Fitch
Friday, May 16, 2025

Fabrice Fitch surveys the history on record of one of the most distinctive of all Renaissance Masses

Dufay (left) based his Missa Se la face ay pale not on chant but on a secular song (photography: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Bridgeman Images)
Dufay (left) based his Missa Se la face ay pale not on chant but on a secular song (photography: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Bridgeman Images)

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