Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2021-03-11). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 87 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Modern clefs; note values halved.
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-11-18). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, Vol 10 (Joseph Napoléon Ney). Clefs modernised. Original note values.
- Editor: Monique Rio (submitted 2017-01-30). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 305 kB Copyright: CC BY 4.0
- Edition notes:
- Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2016-09-16). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 420 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: SATB part book, in G. No bar lines. Includes second part.
- (Posted 2016-08-01) CPDL #40611:
- Original pitch (F): (Alto is in tenor clef)
(MIDI)
- Transposed up a note (G):
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- Transposed up a major third (A):
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2016-08-01). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 103 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Opera omnia Tomus V. Original note-values. Includes second part: Sitivit anima mea. Midi files zipped.
- Editor: Casey Rule (submitted 2014-10-14). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 64 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transcribed for SATB with modern clefs; note values halved; Transposed up a whole step from original (to G major)
- Editor: Casey Rule (submitted 2014-10-13). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 68 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transcribed for TTBB with modern clefs; note values halved; available in original key (F) and down a whole step (Eb)
- Editor: Brian Marble (submitted 2014-09-20). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 63 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In G. replaces #6263.
- Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2014-03-02). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 129 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Set without bar lines. Includes the second part - Sitivit anima mea.
- Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2014-01-12). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 551 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed up a major 3rd, for SATB. Includes both parts.
- Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2010-10-22). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 396 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Raised a major third, SATB. From Historical Anthology of Music, vol. 1, edited by A. T. Davison & W. Apel, Harvard University Press, 1946. Translation, and slight change to musica ficta and text underlay, by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers. 3 Nov 2011 This edition has both partes.
- Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2010-06-06). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 43 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: At original pitch (F) for male voices.
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-02-03). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In A-flat. NoteWorthy Composer file may be viewed and printed with NoteWorthy Composer Viewer.
- Editor: Nancho Alvarez (submitted 2004-11-30). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 54 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: individual parts available as midi files. In A
- Editor: Brian Marble (submitted 2003-12-29). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 92 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: In G.
- Editor: Stuart McIntosh (submitted 2002-07-04). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 100 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: In A-flat. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
- Editor: Rick Wheeler (submitted 1999-07-27). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 241 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In A-flat. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-06-17). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 82 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In A-flat.
Score previews
A4, 3 pages, 52 kB; CPDL #47451; editor: James Gibb
A4, 8 pages, 420 kB; CPDL #41133; editor: Peter Hilton
A4, 5 pages, 103 kB; CPDL #40611; editor: Pothárn Imre
A4, 5 pages, 103 kB; CPDL #40611; editor: Pothárn Imre
A4, 5 pages, 103 kB; CPDL #40611; editor: Pothárn Imre
Letter, 3 pages, 63 kB; CPDL #32990; editor: Brian Marble
A4, 6 pages, 129 kB; CPDL #31402; editor: Peter Hilton
A4, 4 pages, 551 kB; CPDL #30980; editor: Adrian Wall
Letter, 8 pages, 396 kB; CPDL #22483; editor: John Hetland
A4, 3 pages, 43 kB; CPDL #21739; editor: Lewis Jones
A4, 4 pages, 37 kB; CPDL #10915; editor: Brian Russell
Letter, 4 pages, 92 kB; CPDL #6263; editor: Brian Marble
A4, 6 pages, 100 kB; CPDL #3768; editor: Stuart McIntosh
Letter, 6 pages, 241 kB; CPDL #329; editor: Rick Wheeler
Letter, 3 pages, 82 kB; CPDL #312; editor: Rafael Ornes
General Information
Title: Sicut cervus
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Source of text: Psalm 41 v. 1 (Vulgate)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SATB, ATTB or TTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1587 in Motectorum liber secundus, 4vv, no. 10
2nd published: 1596 in Responsoria antiphonae et hymni (Johannes Matelart), no. 11.1
3rd published: 1846 in Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, Volume 10, no. 107
4th published: 1846 in Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne in A♭, Volume 10, no. 108
5th published: 1853 in Musica Sacra: Sammlung kirchlicher Musik, Teil 1, no. 21
6th published: 1854 in Musica Divina Vol. II (Carl Proske), p. 163
7th published: 1977 in The Chester Book of Motets, Book 1, no. 9
Description: Continuation may be found at Sitivit anima mea . Das Stück ist auch in Proske nennt als seine Quelle: Joannis Petraloysii Praenestini Motectorum Quatuor Vocibus partim plene voce, et partim paribus vocibus. Liber Secundus. Nunc denuo lucem editus. Venetiis apud Angelum Gardanum. MDLXXXXVI.
External websites:
- Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
- Sicut cervus sung by the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 42.
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