Beati immaculati in via (Johann Walter)
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- Editor: Kurt Pages (submitted 2017-08-31). Score information: A4, 24 pages, 3.65 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: New edition with title page, libretto (Latin and German), and facsimiles of the part books on pp. 22-24 — In the pitch of the printing 1568 (chiavette with high clefs), basing on the edition of A. Stenberg (CPDL #20495) — Slight differences in the setting of the text — Corrections to CPDL #20495: Altus: Treble clef (not octave treble clef) — No replenishment at the end of Prima, Secunda, Tertia, and Quarta Pars (because the altus part is shorter than the discantus, tenor, and bassus part) — Tenor [1]: Quarta pars, bar 31: the crotchet is "f" not "d".
- Editor: Kurt Pages (submitted 2017-08-31). Score information: A4, 24 pages, 3.7 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed edition (a third down according to the rules of transposing chiavettes with high clefs) of CPDL #46143.
- Editor: Kurt Pages (submitted 2017-09-02). Score information: A4, 24 pages, 3.66 MB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2009-11-16). Score information: A4, 16 pages, 189 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A diplomatorian first draft edition of the motet. Only the PDF is posted now as the LilyPond sources (several files) and the midi files need some work to be combined in publishable form.
General Information
Title: Beati Immaculati in via
Composer: Johann Walter
Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: SATTTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1568 in Cantiones Triginta Selectissimae, no. 1
Description: A five part motet. Cantus is composed in free Counterpoint, Altus is a monotone ostinato and the tenorparts are a four in one Canon in the unison. Bassus is a ostinato on the functional bass notes of the first and fifth degree. The Cantus and Tenor parts are sung to parts of the 119- th psalm from the psalter and altus and Bassus are sung to panegyric texts extoling Count Fredrich of Saxony, Luther and Melancton.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Parts of the 119th Psalm. (Lyrics of Cantus and Tenor parts) |
German translation 1 Glücklich die Rechtschaffenen auf dem Weg. |