Magnificat (Domenico Massenzio)

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• (Posted 2020-05-23)  CPDL #58773:       

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2020-05-23).   Score information: A4, 36 pages, 550 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A semi-diplomatoric edition: full score and parts included. Modern clefs but note-values as in original. Ficta added but indicated as such. The PDF is optimized for double-sided printing and printing pages 1-16 as a booklet Blanco-pages being inserted at several places. To facilitate one-sided printing and saving paper, download the source file and compile with Lilypond. (This will result in a PDF without the Blanco-pages and the more elaborate front page.

General Information

Title: Magnificat
Composer: Domenico Massenzio
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAB

Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1643

Description: A setting of the Magnificat from Dominico Massentios collection "Davidica Psalmodia Vespertinas... à Quaternis vocibus" printed in Rome by Ludovici Grignani 1643. The setting is written in a Concertando style where sections for one or two voices alternate with sections for all four voices.

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