Stella quam viderant magi (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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(Posted 2020-05-03) CPDL #58442:

Original key (high chiavette):

Transposed down a tone:

Transposed down a fourth:

- Alto in transposed violin clef.

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2020-05-03). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 120 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1579 Gardano edition. Original note values.

(Posted 2018-02-07) CPDL #48729:

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-02-07). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 81 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #23780. Note values halved. Transposed down a minor 3rd.

(Posted 2013-02-08) CPDL #28237:

Editor: Steven Marchand (submitted 2013-02-08). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 57 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Re-set from volume one of "Opera omnia Ioannis Petraloysii Praenestini" (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel) edited by Theodor de Witt. Added modern clefs.

(Posted 2011-06-20) CPDL #23780: (Sibelius 5)

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2011-06-20). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 98 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: Pierluigi da Palestrina's Werke, vol. 1 ed. Theodor de Witt (Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1881).

General Information

Title: Stella quam viderant magi
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Responsory for Matins of the Epiphany

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1569 in Liber primus motettorum, no. 2
2nd published: 1585 in Sacrae Cantiones (Friedrich Lindner), no. 7
Description: Matins Respond for Epiphany

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Stella quam viderant.