Messa da Capella a quattro voci (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi)

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Kyrie - Gloria - Sanctus & Benedictus - Agnus Dei

• CPDL #09712:

Editor: Helmut Kickton (submitted 2005-09-18).   Score information: A4   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 5 movements (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei) available as individual files. Credo available below.

Kyrie

• CPDL #20606:

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 396 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

• Basso Continuo: Score information: A4, 1 page, 84 kbytes   

Edition notes: Minor update 2011-07-25

Gloria

• CPDL #20607:

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 538 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

• Basso Continuo: Score information: A4, 1 page, 110 kbytes   

Credo

• CPDL #20608:

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 875 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

• Basso Continuo: Score information: A4, 2 pages, 161 kbytes   

• CPDL #12083: Sibelius 4

Editor: Marton Jakobey (submitted 2006-07-24).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 87 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Only the Credo. Other movements available above.

Sanctus

• CPDL #20609:

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 332 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

• Basso Continuo: Score information: A4, 1 page, 82 kbytes   

Benedictus

• CPDL #20610:

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 225 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

• Basso Continuo: Score information: A4, 3 pages, 60 kbytes   

Agnus Dei

• CPDL #20611:

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 229 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

• Basso Continuo: Score information: A4, 2 pages, 61 kbytes   

Crucifixus

• CPDL #19054: Capella 5

Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-03-16).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 35,6 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Transcription of a facsimile of the first edition

General Information

Title: Messa da Capella a quattro voci (1641)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Mass

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Selva morale e spirituale, Venice, 1641

Description: The Mass of 1641 presents a unique arrangement of the Credo. For three of the verses Monteverdi provided substitute compositions in a wholly different style; the verses are Crucifixus etiam pro nobis, Et resurrexit tertia die, and Et iterum venturus est. Monteverdi singled them out and wrote special compositions in stile concertato to replace the versions in a cappella style. Crucifixus, for four solo voices, is based on a motif in chromatic descent that Monteverdi used as a symbolic expression of pain; Et resurrexit, for two soprani and two violins with basso continue, is in the typical style of a trio cantata; Et iterum for two contralti and bass is in the highly figurative concerted style, with an accompaniment of four trombones, or viole da braccio, surely to indicate the instruments that shall sound on the day of the Last Judgment.

External websites:

Original text and translations

For information, refer to the Mass page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages:

Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus & Benedictus • Agnus Dei

Missing files

Note: the links to the sheet music and sound files are currently invalid; it is hoped the scores may resurface and be made available elsewhere on the Internet. Please do not delete this from the page in the meantime; the links should be left as place holders, in the event that either the scores reappear or if someone else obtains the work. Philip Legge

Complete mass

• CPDL #02942:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: individual movements were once available, as per below.

Individual movements

Kyrie

• CPDL #02452:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-04-02).  

Gloria

• CPDL #02453:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-04-02).  

Credo

Patrem omnipotentem

• CPDL #02937:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).  

Crucifixus

• CPDL #02938:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).  

Sanctus

• CPDL #02939:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).  

Benedictus

• CPDL #02940:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).  

Agnus Dei

• CPDL #02941:

Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).