Sancta Maria (Thomas Crecquillon)
The Sancta Maria of Thomas Crecquillon really comprises two works with one source manuscript. The 'si ascendero...' and 'si descendero...' designations for the two works are explained in the Description section below.
Music files
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Sancta Maria 'si ascendero...'
- CPDL #11611: Finale 2005
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2006-05-03). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 102 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Musica ficta clearly indicated.
Sancta Maria 'si descendero...'
- CPDL #11612: Finale 2005
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2006-05-03). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 102 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Musica ficta clearly indicated.
General Information
Title: Sancta Maria
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: [[:Category:SATB ('si ascendero...')|SATB ('si ascendero...')]] [[Category:SATB ('si ascendero...')]] or [[:Category: ATBB ('si descendero...')|ATBB ('si descendero...')]] [[Category: ATBB ('si descendero...')]]
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Motetti del Laberinto, a quatro voci libro secondo..., 1554
Description:
In the margin above the Cantus part of the source manuscript, the following inscription appears, together with the beginning of the Cantus part transposed down a twelfth, in the bass F-clef:
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The solution to this Canon (rule) is that the Cantus part may be sung either as found in the manuscript or transposed down a twelfth, becoming a 'Cantus-Bassus' part. The italicized text is from the Vulgate edition of Psalm 138(139), vs. 8: If I climb up to heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in Sheol, again I find thee.
Text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Sancta Maria, succurre miseris.