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Elizabeth praises Mary for her faith (using words partially reflected in the Hail Mary), and Mary responds with what is now known as the Magnificat. Some ancient authorities have Elizabeth, rather than Mary, speaking the Magnificat. [3] [4] The Magnificat is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian hymn.
BWV Anh. 166 – Missa super cantilena "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr": Kyrie–Gloria Mass in E minor composed in 1716 by Johann Ludwig Bach, [16] previously attributed to Johann Nicolaus Bach, [17] with part scores written out by J. S. Bach and others for performance in 1729, and a small addition (5 bars) by J. S. Bach at the beginning of ...
The Magnificat setting consists of seven movements for the text of the canticle (Luke 1:46-55), concluded by two movements of the doxology. The following table shows the title, voices, tempo marking, time , key and text source for the nine movements, based on the vocal score, edited by Günter Graulich after the autograph.
These liturgies include the Magnificat hymn, which is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns—perhaps the earliest, according to historian Marjorie Reeves. It is named after its first word in the 4th-century Vulgate Bible, based on Luke 1:46–55, and is widely used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and the Eastern Orthodox. [2]
In that narrative the words of the Magnificat, Luke 1:46–55, are spoken by Mary. Traditionally, Luther's translation of the biblical text is sung to a German variant of the tonus peregrinus or ninth psalm tone , concluding with a doxology , translated from the Gloria Patri , on the same tune.
Since the liturgical reforms following Vatican II, they are also used as the Alleluia verses for Mass in the Ordinary Form on the same days. For the Alleluia verses, the Lectionary moves O Emmanuel to the 21st, [ 65 ] uses Rex Gentium on both the 22nd [ 66 ] and 23rd, [ 67 ] and places O Oriens on the morning of the 24th, [ 68 ] but the ...
From the early 19th century there was a renewed attention for Bach and his music: his Latin church music, including BWV Anh. 167 (published as a composition by Bach in 1805), the Magnificat (published in 1811), BWV 234 (published in 1818) and the Mass in B minor (heralded as "the greatest musical art work of all times and nations" in 1818 ...
Pietro Torri's Magnificat in C major, a setting of the biblical Canticle of Mary, the Magnificat, for double choir and orchestra likely dates from the 1690s. The work is scored for two SATB choirs, two trumpets , bassoon , strings and basso continuo .