Sicut rosa
( As a rose amid the briers )
Lassus, Roland de (1532?-1594) [ Belgium ; Franco-Flemish ]
Edition
Published by
Mercury Music
[USA]
, 1941
; in Cantiones duarum vocum : Magnum opus I-XX
(24 p.)
Ref. :
352-00011
; MC 11
(2 p.)
, "Dessoff choir series"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Boepple, Paul
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
16th century
(1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Motet ; Sacred ; Renaissance
Type of Choir:
SA OR TB OR unspecified voicing (2 equal voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
A modal
Duration:
1.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Marian antiphon ; Marian Feasts
Musicological Sources:
From Novae aliquot ad duas voces cantiones suavissimae (Munich, 1577) later reprinted in Magnum Opus (1604), the collection of Lassus's motets published by his sons after his death
Source of text:
Antiphon from an old breviary
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # W24 (103 copies)