Lumen ad revelationem gentium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- (Posted 2012-05-02) CPDL #26074:
- Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2012-05-02). Score information: A4, 16 pages, 1.33 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Complete. Transposed down a tone, for SSATTB
- (Posted 2012-05-02) CPDL #26075:
- Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2012-05-02). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 460 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Nunc dimittis only. Transposed down a tone, for SATTB
General Information
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Title: Lumen ad revelationem gentium
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 4-5vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon, Evening Canticles
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript 1843 in SANT Hs 4008 – attr. to Palestrina, no. 5
First published: 1892 in Franz Xaver Haberl's Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Werke, volume XXXII
Description: Antiphon ad distributionem candelarum: 7 different settings (SATB, SATTB, SSAT, SATTB w/ cantus a fourth lower, SATTB, SATTB, SSATT) of the antiphon Lumen ad revelationem gentium for use on the Feast of the Purification, interspersed with verses of the Nunc dimities (4-5vv). It appears in one source under Felice Anerio's name, an attribution that Haberl considers the more plausible.
External websites:
- Lumen ad revelationem gentium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Lumen ad revelationem.