Plaudat nunc organis a 8 (Alvise Balbi)
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- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2020-12-06). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 339 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the 1621 print, where Ludovico Balbi is indicated as the composer. Attributed here to Alvise Balbi otherwise Christopher Shaw risks a heart attack (see discussion here).
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2018-07-29). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 108 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Edition prepared by consulting Promptuarii musici (vol. 1), 1611 and Florilegii musici Portensis II, 1621. SSAT.ATBB
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2013-06-16). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 138 kB Copyright: CPDL SATB.AATB
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the 1611 print, where Ludovico Balbi is indicated as the composer. Attributed here to Alvise Balbi otherwise Christopher Shaw risks a heart attack (see discussion here).
General Information
Title: Plaudat nunc organis a 8
Composer: Alvise Balbi
Number of voices: 8vv Voicings: SSAT.ATBB or SATB.AATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1606 in Ecclesiastici Concentus, no. 88
2nd published: 1611 in Promptuarium musicum, Pars Prima, no. 37
3rd published: 1621 in Florilegium Portense, Volume 2, no. 88
Description: For the same (Magnificat) punchline, approached from a slightly different perspective see Pierre Bonhomme's setting of essentially the same text.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Plaudat nunc organis Maria, |
English translation Maria now gives praise on instruments, (trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes) |