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Complete edition
- Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2009-11-30). Score information: A4, 138 pages, 1.48 MB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Complete performing edition including 7-part Magnificat but excluding 6-part alternative. Edition based on the 1610 part-books but in modern clefs and notation; barring by the editor, not taken from other editions. Continuo realization included (Monteverdi's bass plus mainly chordal right-hand; continuo requires organ; optional harpsichord suggestions given in short-score; some bassus generalis passages are also given to cello 1 or 2 or to trombone 3). Instrumental parts included for all the psalms. Lauda & Magnificat transposed down a 4th from apparent pitch. Opening intonation included. No antiphons included.
- Available scores & parts:
- Vocal Score (140 pages including covers)
- Full Score in two parts (nos. 1-10, 144 pages; nos. 11-13, 60 pages)
- Parts for 12 instruments (11 to 16 pages per part)
- Short Score for continuo use (100 pages including covers)
- Words & translation also available for inclusion in vocal scores or programmes (4 pages, reducible to A5)
Individual movements
- See the Description below for links to individual movements.
General Information
Title: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of 1610)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Vespers
Language: Latin
Instruments: Mixed ensemble
- cornetts 1 & 2 (or D trumpets) • cornett 3 (or B flat cornet/trumpet) • trombones 1 & 2 • trombone 3 (Bass in F; or bass in G if low C played in falsett) • violins 1 & 2 • violas 1 & 2 • cellos 1 & 2 • organ and optionally other continuo • recorders 1 & 2 (short passages ideally played by other instrumentalists or singers)
Published: Messa e Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610
Description: The work comprises the following pieces presented in this order.
- Deus in adjutorium/Domine ad adjuvandum (intonation & response); SSATTB
- Dixit Dominus (psalm 109/110); SSATTB
- Nigra sum (motet); tenor solo
- Laudate pueri (psalm 112/113); SSAATTBB
- Pulchra es (motet): soprano duet
- Lætatus sum (psalm 121/122); SSATTB
- Duo Seraphim clamabant (motet); tenor duet, tenor trio
- Nisi Dominus (psalm 126/127); SATTB-SATTB
- Audi cœlum (motet); tenor duet, SSATTB
- Lauda Jerusalem Dominum (psalm 147); SAB-T-SAB
- Sonata sopra Sancta Maria ora pro nobis (instrumental + soprano); soprano semi-chorus
- Ave maris stella (hymn); soli & SATB-SATB
- Magnificat a 7; multi-section with various soli & SSATTBB [ Magnificat a 6: SSATTB ]
(click on the links above to see other editions of these separate works)
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Original text and translations
See individual movements for texts and translations.