Adoramus te / We adore thee
Mus.: Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi (1525?-1594) [ Italy ]
Arr.: Greyson, Norman (1918-2009) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Bourne Company
[USA]
, 1957
Ref. :
ES16
(5 p.)
, "Early sacred and early secular choral series"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Greyson, Norman
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
16th century
(1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Motet ; Renaissance
Mood of the piece:
sustained ; homophonic ; slow
Type of Choir:
TTBB (4 men voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
D minor
Duration:
1.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Passion
Musicological Sources:
According to Mason Martens, this work is spurious. The melody line is by Franco Rosselli and the harmonization by an unknown person much later, perhaps from the 19th century.
Source of text:
Liber Usualis
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. # 630A (21 copies)