for SSTTTBB soloists, SATTB, full orchestra
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)Edited by Jeffrey Kurtzman
"The new edition has useful examples of early 16th-century vocal ornamentation, suggestions on period and modern instrumental requirements, and a welcome and articulate commentary on the business of continuo realisation." - Early Music Today, Aug 99
Introduction Vocal and instrumental requirments and ranges Editorial principles Facsimiles Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1: Domine ad adjuvandum 2: Dixit Dominus 3: Nigra sum 4: Laudate pueri 5: Pulchra es 6: Laetatus sum 7: Duo Seraphim 8: Nisi Dominus 9: Audi coelum 10a: Laudi Jerusalem 10b: Laudi Jerusalem (transposed down a fourth) 11: Sonata sopra Sancta Maria 12: Ave maris stella 13a: Magnificat a 7 13b: Magnificat a 7 (transposed down a fourth) 14a: Magnificat a 6 14b: Magnificat a 6 (transposed down a fourth) Antiphons of feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary Examples of embellishments Performance notes
