Nunc dimittis (a4) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- (Posted 2012-04-07) CPDL #25865:
- Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2012-04-07). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 226 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed down a tone, for SATB. Polyphony for verse 3 supplied editorially. Nunc dimittis, with plainchant of antiphon Salva nos. A complementary edition of Palestrina's polyphonic Salva nos is available.
General Information
Title: Nunc dimittis (a4)
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATBar
Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1892 in Franz Xaver Haberl's Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Werke, volume XXXII
Description: Included with the Nunc dimittis is a setting of its antiphon at Compline, Salva nos. The antiphon is to be sung before and after the canticle. See also Palestrina's 5-part setting of the Nunc dimittis.
To those familiar with Carols for Choirs 2 (Oxford, 1970), this Nunc dimittis (and not a Magnificat as stated in Carols for Choirs 2) - and the plainsong tone upon which it is based - was used as the musical material for an arrangement of the Matin Responsory by David Willcocks.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Nunc dimittis.