Vesper and Compline Music for Three Principal Voices

First Published in 1998. A New Series Fills a Void in 17th-Century ItalianMusic Drawing on the riches of a largely unknown repertoire, this innovative series makes available in modern score a large selection of Italian sacred music scored from printed part-books that has never before been published in modern editions. Convenientlyorganized and presented in modern scoreEach genre is organized for easy accessibility. Mass settings are presented in chronological order. Vesper and compline music is arranged according to the number of voices, chronologically within each volume, beginning with works for one and two voices and progressing to compositions for multiple choirs.

Jeffrey Kurtzman, Washington University, St. Louis.

General Introduction, Editorial Methods, Introduction to the Vesper and Compline Volumes, Sources and Commentary, Critical Notes, 1. Domine ad adiuvandum by Tarquinio Merula, 1652, 2. Magnificat Sexti Toni by Agostino Agazzari, 1609, 3. Magnificat Sexti Toni by Pietro Pace, 1618, 4. Laudate pueri by Paolo Agostini, 1619, 5. Confitebor tibi Domine by Leandro Gallerano, 1629, 6. Lsetatus sum by Alessandro Grandi, 1630, 7. Laudate pueri by Tarquinio Merula, 1639, 8. Credidi by Tarquinio Merula, 1640, 9. Magnificat by Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, 1648, 10. Confitebor tibi Dotnine by Giovanni Legrenzi, 1656, 11. Beatus vir by Francesco Cavalli, 165612. Confitebor tibi Domine by Giovanni Paolo Colonna, 1694, 13. Laudate pueri by Isabella Leonarda, 1698, 14. lam hyems transiit by Giovanni Francesco Anerio, 1613, 15. Beata Mater by Paolo Agostini, 1619, 16. Ave maris stella by Paolo Agostini, 1619, 17. Jesu corona Virginum by Orazio Tarditi, 1650, 18. Deus tuorum militum by Francesco Cavalli, 1656