Messa a quattro voci da Cappella (1650) (Claudio Monteverdi)

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  • (Posted 2017-02-23)  CPDL #43272:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Brian Marble (submitted 2017-02-23).   Score information: Letter, 26 pages, 291 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: m3 lower; many adjustments to text underlay; slurs added; a few rebarring.
  • (Posted 2015-07-02)  CPDL #35951:     
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-07-02).   Score information: A4, 35 pages, 420 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 26 pages, 361 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 132 kB   
Edition notes: Key signature as printed. For MIDI files, see individual movements.
  • (Posted 2015-07-02)  CPDL #35949:     
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-07-02).   Score information: A4, 35 pages, 421 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 26 pages, 361 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 125 kB   
Edition notes: Fourth down according to chiavette convention. For MIDI file, see individual movements below.
  • (Posted 2009-10-09)  CPDL #20310:   
Editor: Alessandro Magagnin (submitted 2008-07-07).   Score information: A4, 37 pages, 1.46 MB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: transposed a minor third lower.
  • (Posted 2006-08-09)  CPDL #12238:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Márton Jakobey (submitted 2006-08-09).   Score information: A4, 35 pages, 259 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: individual movements also available. Rather high set. More comfortable a whole step down.
Transposed version:  
Edition notes: Comment by Adam Cole: Actually, as with Monteverdi's 6vv Missa "in illo tempore" and his Vespers of 1610, the apparent high tessituras herein are due to chiavette (high clefs), a notational convention which modern scholarship suggests was sung at a downward transposition of a fourth. I've taken the liberty of posting a version in this key, with the alto line moved to octavo clef for readability. The bottom line now assumes a real bass tessitura (to bottom F), and the tenors and sopranos can lay aside the helium masks. As always, it is modern altos who suffer most with this approach--there are now a number of low E's and F's--but they are welcome to help the soprano/mezzos with their smattering of low A's!

Individual movements

Kyrie

  • (Posted 2015-06-15)  CPDL #35764:        Score information: A4, 7 pages, 146 kB   
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-15).   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 132 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 72 kB   
Edition notes: Key signature as printed.
  • (Posted 2015-06-15)  CPDL #35765:        Score information: A4, 7 pages, 146 kB   
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-15).   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 127 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 71 kB   
Edition notes: Transposed fourth down.
  • (Posted 2006-07-31)  CPDL #12140:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Márton Jakobey (submitted 2006-07-31).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 61 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Gloria

  • (Posted 2015-06-15)  CPDL #35766:        Score information: A4, 8 pages, 156 kB   
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-15).   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 144 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 75 kB   
Edition notes: Original key signature
  • (Posted 2015-06-15)  CPDL #35767:        Score information: A4, 8 pages, 155 kB   
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-15).   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 143 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 74 kB   
Edition notes: Fourth down according to chiavette convention.
  • (Posted 2006-08-07)  CPDL #12219:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Márton Jakobey (submitted 2006-08-07).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Credo

  • (Posted 2015-06-15)  CPDL #35773:        Score information: A4, 11 pages, 184 kB   
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-15).   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 168 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 81 kB   
Edition notes: Original key signature
  • (Posted 2015-06-15)  CPDL #35772:        Score information: A4, 11 pages, 184 kB   
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-15).   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 163 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 79 kB   
Edition notes: Fourth down according to chiavette convention.
  • (Posted 2006-08-07)  CPDL #12227:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Márton Jakobey (submitted 2006-08-07).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 95 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Sanctus

  • (Posted 2015-06-17)  CPDL #35787:       
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-17).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 117 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 107 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 65 kB   
Edition notes: Original key signature
  • (Posted 2015-06-17)  CPDL #35786:       
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-17).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 114 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 102 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 64 kB   
Edition notes: Fourth down according to chiavette convention.
  • (Posted 2006-08-08)  CPDL #12231:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Márton Jakobey (submitted 2006-08-08).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 41 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Benedictus

  • (Posted 2015-06-17)  CPDL #35789:       
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-17).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 98 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 95 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 62 kB   
Edition notes: Original key signature
  • (Posted 2015-06-17)  CPDL #35788:       
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-17).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 97 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 95 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 61 kB   
Edition notes: Fourth down according to chiavette convention.
  • (Posted 2006-08-08)  CPDL #12232:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Márton Jakobey (submitted 2006-08-08).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 34 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Agnus Dei

  • (Posted 2015-06-17)  CPDL #35791:       
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-17).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 111 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 108 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 57 kB   
Edition notes: Original key signature
  • (Posted 2015-06-17)  CPDL #35790:       
Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2015-06-17).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 106 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Vocal score:   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 103 kB   
Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 57 kB   
Edition notes: Fourth down according to chiavette convention.
  • (Posted 2006-08-09)  CPDL #12237:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Márton Jakobey (submitted 2006-08-09).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Messa a quattro voci da Cappella (1650)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: with basso continuo, or a cappella

First published: 1650 in Messa a quattro voci et salmi concertati, no. 1
Description: not to be confused with another mass for four voices published in 1641 in the Selva morale e spirituale.

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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        
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