SATTB/SATTB choir,
SSAATTBB vocal soli,
orchestra (SSAATTTTBB -
2rec.2.0.0 - 0.3.3.0 -
2vl.4va da
brazzo.vagb(db) - bc)
SKU:
BR.EOS-8024-23
Vesper on Marian
Feasts. Composed by
Claudio Monteverdi.
Edited by Jerome Roche.
Choir; Softcover.
Eulenburg Orchestral
Series. Renaissance/early
Baroque. Part. 8 pages.
Duration 70'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EOS 8024-23.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.EOS-8024-23).
ISBN
9790004789506. 8.5 x 11.5
inches.
Monteverdi'
s Vespers of 1610 is a
work which has both
fascinated and perplexed
musicologists and
performers for many
years. It forms by far
the larger part of the
composer's first
significant publication
of sacred music,
entitled: Of the most
blessed virgin a Mass for
six voices for church
choirs, and Vespers for
more voices with several
sacred concertos suitable
for princely chapels or
apartments. By the time
this publication
appeared, Monteverdi had
been in the service of
the Gonzaga court at
MantUrauffuhrung for at
least 18 years, and he
was seeking a change of
employment, so that the
dedication of the volume
to the reigning pope,
Paul V, may be
interpreted as a form of
self-advertisement.
Originally issued as an
Urtext study score, the
edition is based closely
on the extant printed
source, the set of
partbooks published at
Venice in 1610, and
retains the original note
values, key and
mensuration
signatures.
VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE
