Sancta Maria (Cristóbal de Morales)

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• (Posted 2018-08-31)  CPDL #51099:       

Editor: Simon Biazeck (submitted 2018-08-31).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 131 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This edition - transposed down a fourth form the original pitch ('alla quarta bassa') - is, in part, an attempt to unlock a lost sound world for this period. The approach to editorial cadences takes its cue from Gioseffo Zarlino’s comments about phrase structure of music and text in chapter 32 of Part IV of his treatise, Le Istitutioni Harmoniche (1558):

“… one should not make a cadence, especially a principle one […] unless the sentence or the full sense of the words is completed.”

Zarlino is talking about text placement and certainly addressing composers, but his advice is useful for singers and modern-day editors.

• (Posted 2018-08-31)  CPDL #51098:     

Editor: Simon Biazeck (submitted 2018-08-31).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 137 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This edition is, in part, an attempt to unlock a lost sound world for this period. The approach to editorial cadences takes its cue from Gioseffo Zarlino’s comments about phrase structure of music and text in chapter 32 of Part IV of his treatise, Le Istitutioni Harmoniche (1558):

“… one should not make a cadence, especially a principle one […] unless the sentence or the full sense of the words is completed.”

Zarlino is talking about text placement and certainly addressing composers, but his advice is useful for singers and modern-day editors.

• (Posted 2006-02-18)  CPDL #11007:       

Editor: Michael Wendel (submitted 2006-02-18).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 117 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: © Michael Wendel 2005, This edition may be freely duplicated, distributed, performed or recorded for non-profit performance or use.

General Information

Title: Sancta Maria
Composer: Cristóbal de Morales
Lyricist: Fulbert of Chartres

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1543 in Moralis Hispani, Edition 1, no. 7
    2nd published: 1546 in Moralis Hispani, Edition 2, no. 8
Description: Magnificat antiphon for Marian vespers. No. 8 of 20 motets published in Venice by Antonio Gardano. (facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich (4° Mus.pr. 42/3)).

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Sancta Maria, succurre miseris.