Messa e Vespro della Beata Vergine (Claudio Monteverdi)

General information

Original title: Sanctissimae Virgini missa senis vocibus, [ad ecclesiarum choros] ac Vesperae pluribus decantandae, cum nonnullis sacris concentibus, ad Sacella sive Principum Cubicula accommodata. Opera a Claudio Monteverde nuper effecta ac Beatiss. Paulo V Pont. Max. consecrata. Venetijs, Apud Ricciardum Amandinum. MDCX.

Published: Ricciardo Amadino, Venice, 1610

Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Works

• Missa In illo tempore, 6vv, cont

• Vespro della Beata Vergine
  1. Domine ad adiuvandum, 6vv, 2cornetts, 3trb, 2vl, 4va, cb, bc
  2. Dixit Dominus, 6vv, 6 instr
  3. Nigra sum, 1v, bc
  4. Laudate pueri, 8vv, org
  5. Pulchra es, 2v, bc
  6. Lætatus sum, 6vv, org
  7. Duo Seraphim clamabant, 3vv, bc
  8. Nisi Dominus, 10vv, org
  9. Audi cœlum, 2v, chorus 6vv, cont
  10. Lauda Jerusalem Dominum, 7vv, org
  11. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria ora pro nobis, 1v, 2cornetts, 3trb, 2vl, vc, bc
  12. Ave maris stella, 2v, chorus 8vv, 5 instr
  13. Magnificat, 7vv, 2fl, 2rec, 3cornetts, 2trb, 2vl, vc, org
  14. Magnificat, 6vv, bc

External links

• The complete Latin words of the Vespers of 1610, with an English translation in parallel, can be found in PDF or DOC form on John Kilpatrick's web site.