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

This work has been misattributed. See notes for details and correct composer below or see the discussion page.

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.