Magnificat II (Carver Choirbook) (Anonymous)
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- (Posted 2025-11-12) CPDL #87417:
- Editor: Bert Schreuder (submitted 2025-11-12). Score information: A4, 15 pages, 461 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch, note values halved.
- (Posted 2019-09-04) CPDL #55261:
- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2019-09-04). Score information: A4, 24 pages, 749 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the Carver Choirbook via the digital images on www.diamm.ac.uk. Original pitch retained. Note values halved.
General Information
Title: Magnificat (Carver Choirbook, no.2)
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript c.1501-1546 in the Carver Choirbook, no. 14
Description: The second of four anonymous Magnificats in the Carver Choirbook. This 4-part Magnificat from the Carver Choirbook is stylistically very similar to the music in the Eton Choirbook. The SATB configuration is a bit unusual in British music of this period: most common is SATTB. Both sources share some compositions: Cornysh’s Salve Regina, Lambe’s Magnificat octavi toni and John Nesbett’s Magnificat (fragmentary in Eton). The index of the Eton Choirbook mentions four 4-part Magnificats now missing from that source with the same compass (22 notes, most likely F to f”) as the current Magnificat: one by Browne, two by Baldwin and one by Sygar. It is not impossible that one of those is actually our present Magnificat.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Magnificat.