Salmi, opera V (Giovanni Legrenzi)

General Information

Title: SALMI / A Cinque, Trè voci, e due violini voci

Publication date and place: 1657 Venetia: apresso Francesco Magni.

Description:
In his Opus 5, Legrenzi offers settings of Psalms that are ordained for Festal Vespers, namely: Psalm 109 (Dixit Dominus), 110 (Confitebor), 111 (Beatus vir), 112 (Laudate pueri), 115 (Credidi), 116 (Laudate Dominum), 121 (Laetatus sum), 125 (In convertendo), 126 (Nisi Dominus), 127 (Beati omnes) and 147 (Lauda Ierusalem).

• Psalm 109, 110, 111, 112, 115 are sung at the Feast of the Holy Name and at Martyrs’ Feasts.

• Psalm 109, 110, 111, 112, 116 are sung at Christmas, Pentecost and Trinity Sunday (all 1st Vesper), at Ascension Day (both Vespers) and its following Sunday, and at the Feasts of Apostles, Evangelists and Confessors.

• Psalm 109, 110, 111, 112, 147 are sung at the Feast of a Church Dedication.

• Psalm 109, 110, 115, 127, 147 are sung at the Feasts of Corpus Christi (Vesper 1+2) and of the Sacred Heart (Vesper 2).

• Psalm 109, 112, 121, 126, 147 are sung at Epiphany, at the Feasts of the Circumcision and of the Holy Family, at Feasts of Female Martyrs, and at Marian Feasts.

The Psalms are framed by settings of the Invitatorium and of the Magnificat, that are sung at the beginning and near the end of each Vesper.
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Data according to the ‘Liber Usualis’ (Desclée & Socii, 1946).

Works List

1. Deus in adiutorium

2. Dixit Dominus

3. Confitebor

4. Beatus vir

10. Credidi

11. In convertendo

12. Beati omnes

13. Magnificat

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Beatus vir	1657	4	Sacred	Vesper Psalms	3	ATB
Confitebor	1657	3	Sacred	Vesper Psalms	3	SAT
Deus in adiutorium	1657	1	Sacred	Vespers	3	ATT
Dixit Dominus	1657	2	Sacred	Vespers	3	STB
Laetatus sum	1657	7	Sacred	Vesper Psalms	3	ATB
Lauda Ierusalem	1657	9	Sacred	Vesper Psalms	3	SSS
Laudate Dominum	1657	6	Sacred	Vesper Psalms	3	SSB
Laudate pueri	1657	5	Sacred	Vespers	3	SAB
Magnificat	1657	13	Sacred	Vespers	3	STB
Nisi Dominus	1657	8	Sacred	Vesper Psalms	3	TTB