Magnificat (Robert Wylkynson)
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- (Posted 2022-09-02) CPDL #70658:
- Editor: Dr Russell Blacker (submitted 2022-09-02). Score information: A4, 17 pages, 521 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: You have permission to copy, print, and perform this work so long as the attribution (Russell Blacker) and the copyright permission (Stainer & Bell) is retained. You do not have permission to alter the reconstructed parts (in red).
General Information
Title: Magnificat
Composer: Robert Wylkynson
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Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: TrMCtTTB
Genre: Sacred, Liturgical music
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: This is a reconstruction (in red) of the fragmentary piece in the Eton Choirbook where the Treble, Countertenor and first Tenor parts are missing. However, the Tenor can be reconstructed without too much difficulty: like many of the larger scale pieces in 'Eton' it probably employed two cantus firmi. These are derived from the faburden: Tone IV in Tenor2 is original but it appears that as a compositional tour-de-force Wylkynson added a second cantus firmus - from Tone V - in Tenor1. Equally unusually, Wylkynson appears to continue the cantus firm in some of the reduced-voice sections. With gratitude to Professor Magnus Williamson for his valuable advice. This is a revised and finalised version.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Magnificat.