Messa da Capella a quattro voci (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi)
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Kyrie - Gloria - Sanctus & Benedictus - Agnus Dei
- Editor: Helmut Kickton (submitted 2005-09-18). Score information: A4 Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: 5 movements (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei) available as individual files. Credo available below.
Kyrie
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 396 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Minor update 2011-07-25
CPDL #25970:
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2012-04-15). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 408 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth according to chiavette. This edition is suitable for ATTB
Gloria
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 538 kB Copyright: CPDL
CPDL #25971:
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2012-04-15). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 559 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth according to chiavette
Credo
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 875 kB Copyright: CPDL
- CPDL #12083: Sibelius 4
- Editor: Marton Jakobeycreate page (submitted 2006-07-24). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 87 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Only the Credo. Other movements available above.
CPDL #25972:
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2012-04-15). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 914 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth according to chiavette
Sanctus
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 332 kB Copyright: CPDL
CPDL #25973:
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2012-04-15). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 345 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth according to chiavette
Benedictus
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 225 kB Copyright: CPDL
CPDL #25974:
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2012-04-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 232 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth according to chiavette
Agnus Dei
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2009-12-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 229 kB Copyright: CPDL
CPDL #25969:
- Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2012-04-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 235 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth according to chiavette
Crucifixus
CPDL #19054: Capella 5
- Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-03-16). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 35.6 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transcription of a facsimile of the first edition
General Information
Title: Messa da Capella a quattro voci (1641)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Mass
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Selva morale e spirituale, Venice, 1641
Description: The Mass of 1641 presents a unique arrangement of the Credo. For three of the verses Monteverdi provided substitute compositions in a wholly different style; the verses are Crucifixus etiam pro nobis, Et resurrexit tertia die, and Et iterum venturus est. Monteverdi singled them out and wrote special compositions in stile concertato to replace the versions in a cappella style. Crucifixus, for four solo voices, is based on a motif in chromatic descent that Monteverdi used as a symbolic expression of pain; Et resurrexit, for two soprani and two violins with basso continue, is in the typical style of a trio cantata; Et iterum for two contralti and bass is in the highly figurative concerted style, with an accompaniment of four trombones, or viole da braccio, surely to indicate the instruments that shall sound on the day of the Last Judgment.
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Complete mass
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: individual movements were once available, as per below.
Individual movements
Kyrie
- CPDL #02452:
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-04-02).
Gloria
- CPDL #02453:
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-04-02).
Credo
- Patrem omnipotentem
- CPDL #02937:
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).
- Crucifixus
- CPDL #02938:
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).
Sanctus
- CPDL #02939:
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).
Benedictus
- CPDL #02940:
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).
Agnus Dei
- CPDL #02941:
- Editor: Nicola Fiorino (submitted 2001-08-12).