Magnificat Octavi toni 2 (even verses) (Francisco Guerrero)

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• (Posted 2023-01-05)  CPDL #72163:    (Six part sicut erat) (alternative Four part sicut erat)  

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2023-01-05).   Score information: A4, 21 pages, 633 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A semi diplomatic edition. The odd verses, to be sung in chant (the solemn 8 tone) are provided editorially from Liber Usualis 1961.

General Information

Title: Magnificat Octavi toni 2 (even verses)
Composer: Francisco Guerrero
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1563 in Canticum Beatae Mariae, no. 16
    2nd published: 1591 in Magnificat quinque et quatuor vocibus (ed. Friedrich Lindner), no. 27
Description: The last in a set of 16 Magnificats printed by P. Phalese 1563 as Canticum Beatae Mariae ... Per octo Musice modos variatum... The source does not include the chant for the odd verses. The voices are notated in Chiavetti. The "Essurientes implevit bonis" part is an ATB trio, and there are two alternatives for the concluding "Sicut erat": A Six part SSATTB setting where the second S-Voice is the T-Voice in a Canon at the octave. A four-part setting for high voices SSAT.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Magnificat.