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Adoramus te / We adore thee

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi (1525?-1594) [ Italy ]

Edition
Published by Jack Spratt Music Co. [USA] , 1955
Ref. : 501  (3 p.) , "Sacred choral classics"
Editor or author of the restitution: Gerhard, Joseph
Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
 
Description
Text in: Latin + adapted in English
Epoque: 16th century
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Motet ; Renaissance
Mood of the piece: sustained ; homophonic ; slow
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: A 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: traditional
 

LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA

Strasbourg, France

Bureau de Musica International
Tel.: +33 (0)3 88 36 17 54.
Consultable under : Renaissance Sacré

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. # 631A   (46 copies)