Assumpta est Maria (Carlo Gesualdo)
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- (Posted 2013-11-16) CPDL #30562:
- Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2013-11-16). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 101 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Reconstructed Sextus and Bassus parts copyright ©2005 Joop Voorn, first performed by Maarten Michielsen & Cappella Gabrieli in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2007.
General Information
Title: Assumpta est Maria
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1603 in Sacrae cantiones II, no. 12
Description: Part of the Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, whose sextus and basses part books are lost. The quintus is marked "in canon diapason et diapente". The first canon is resolved by Gesualdo in the altus and Joop Voorn's edition (like Stravinsky's) assigns the second to the sextus, leaving the bassus to be freely reconstructed.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Assumpta est Maria.