Levavi oculos meos in montes (Andrea Gabrieli)

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• (Posted 2015-04-29)  CPDL #35231:  LilyPond

Editor: Alistair Kirk (submitted 2015-04-29).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 1.44 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original published pitch (chiavi naturali), for lower voices. Various voice combinations might work: STTTB, ATTTB, STTBarB, ATTBarB, STBarBarB or ATBarBarB. However, the Lilypond source code is specially designed to be easy to transpose, change clefs, change music font size, change paper size etc, so users are encouraged to experiment.

• (Posted 2015-04-29)  CPDL #35230:  LilyPond

Editor: Alistair Kirk (submitted 2015-04-29).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 1.45 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third for SATTB. However, the Lilypond source code is specially designed to be easy to transpose, change clefs, change paper size etc, so users are encouraged to experiment.

General Information

Title: Levavi oculos meos in montes
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet, Vesper Psalm

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1565

Description: A substantial setting in three sections of the whole of Psalm 120 (BCP 121) "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills", without the Gloria Patri. This is the largest work in Gabrieli's 1565 Sacrae Cantiones. The short middle section uses only the lower four parts. Performance time is around seven minutes.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 121.