Vespers (1610) - Classic Choral Works

Claudio Monteverdi (composer), Jeffrey Kurtzman (editor)

Performing score edition

Printed Music (25 Mar 1999)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This edition is designed to meet the needs of both the scholar and the performer. It contains the complete music of all fourteen compositions as in Monteverdi's original print, plus the psalm 'Lauda Jerusalem' and the two Magnificats in a choice of pitches. Also provided are a continuo realization, notes on performance, Gregorian antiphons for the feasts of the Virgin, and examples of typical early seventeenth-century embellishments. Complete performing material is available on hire, and a Critical Commentary is available for sale from the OUP Hire Library.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780193375888
Publisher:	OUP OXFORD
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	25 Mar 1999
Edition:	Performing score edition
Language:	English
Number of pages:	288
Weight:	804g
Height:	279mm
Width:	217mm
Spine width:	22mm