Messa di Morti (c minor) (Francesco Durante)
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- Editor: Walter Heeroma (submitted 2021-04-09). Score information: A4, 208 pages, 1.91 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: This edition is the full score, made by Walter Heeroma from the original manuscripts in the British Library and the University of North Carolina Music Library. A CPDL edition of the instrumental parts may be expected by June 2021. In summer 2022 a new edition, based on the autograph parts in the British Library, will be published.
General Information
Title: Messa di Morti (c minor)
Composer: Francesco Durante
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSATB.ATB
Genre: Sacred, Requiem
Language: Latin
Instruments: Mixed ensemble
First published: 1746
Description: Probably the latest and most extensive of Durantes 4 known requiem masses. Orchestration is mainly strings and continuo; for the Tuba mirum two horns are required.
External websites:
- One of the sources (from the University of North Carolina Music Library) can be downloaded from: https://archive.org/details/missadirequiem8v00dura_0