A solis ortus cardine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- CPDL #: Finale-2005
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (added 2005-03-17). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 286 kbytes Copyright: Edition copyright by Charles H. Giffen
- Edition notes: Musica ficta clearly indicated.
General Information
- Title: A solis ortus cardine
- Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Hymn
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
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Description: Palestrina follows a common practice of his time by setting only odd-numbered stanzas (five of them) of the Gregorian chant Mode 3 hymn text, it being understood that the even-numbered stanzas would be chanted (and the first stanza chanted as an introduction). It is interesting to note that the hymn text, by Caelius Sedulis (5th-century) has the peculiar feature that the stanzas begin with successive letters of the alphabet: A, Beatus, Castae, Domus, Enixa, Foeno, Gaudet, etc.
Text and translations
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