Virgo prudentissima (Giovanni Contino)

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• (Posted 2024-11-03)  CPDL #82599:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2024-11-03).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Virgo prudentissima
Composer: Giovanni Contino
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1560 in Modulationum cum sex vocum liber primus, no. 1
Description: Source: Ioannis Contini ... modulationum cum 6 vocum, liber primus, Scotto, Venice, 1560. Whether it was an editor/publisher or the composer himself who decided that this should appear as the first work in a volume devoted entirely to works by Contino, they clearly recognised it as a true gem. Some notable features: cantus firmus comprising the Ave Maria chant in a tenor voice; much use made of the 'ut sol' pun - the rising fifth on the words 'like the sun', which features in many Renaissance motets.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Virgo prudentissima.