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Vivaldi structured the Magnificat, RV 610, in nine movements, eight for the text of the canticle (Luke 1:46-55) and the conclusion for the doxology.Set in G minor, it is scored for two soprano soloists, alto and tenor soloists, SATB choir, two oboes, violin I and II, viola, and basso continuo, such as cello and a keyboard instrument.
The Book of Common Prayer allows for an alternative to the Magnificat—the Cantate Domino, Psalm 98—and some Anglican rubrics allow for a wider selection of canticles, but the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis remain the most popular. In Anglican, Lutheran, and Catholic services, the Magnificat is generally followed by the Gloria Patri.
Bairstow in D . Bairstow in E Flat (Unison voices) . Bairstow in G . Barnby in D . Barnby in E Flat . Barnby in E . Barrow in F (c.1720 - 1789) . Batten 1st Service (Also Short Service) . Batten 2nd Service
Contemporaries knew the work already as Schwanengesang. [12] Two of the eight vocal parts, soprano and tenor of choir II, are missing. [8] The organ part was found in the mid 1970s and made an edition with a reconstruction of the two missing voices possible. In 1985, the 400th anniversary of the composer's birth, the work was performed again. [12]
Magnificats, one included in Magnificat cum 4 vocibus, Book 1 (Venice, 1542) Jacquet of Mantua: 1483 1559 Magnificats, e.g. two in Magnificat cum 4 vocibus, Book 1 (Venice, 1542) Loyset Piéton? fl. c. 1530 Magnificat included in Magnificat cum 4 vocibus, Book 1 (Venice, 1542) Ludwig Senfl: c. 1490 1543 Magnificats (Tonus I-VIII) John Taverner ...
Pietro Torri likely wrote his Magnificat in the 1690s, when he was in the service of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. [3] In that period Torri followed his employer to the Spanish Netherlands (1692) and was later deputized to Hanover (1696), only returning to Bavaria in 1701. [4]
The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Gloucester Cathedral, also known as the Gloucester Service, is a setting by the English composer Herbert Howells of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for the Anglican service of Evensong. Scored for four-part choir and organ, it was written in 1946 for Gloucester Cathedral. It was published by Novello in 1947.
The extant autographs of Bach's Magnificat show three versions of his Magnificat: E ♭ major version without Christmas interpolations, which is how it was probably first performed, [1] at least the autograph of the E ♭ major version of the Magnificat (BWV 243a) suggests that Bach intended to perform the first version of his Magnificat also without the laudes, depending on circumstances, for ...