Magnificat II (Carver Choirbook) - Anonymous

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"The second of four anonymous Magnificats in the Carver Choirbook. This 4-part Magnificat from the Carver Choirbook is stylistically very similar to the music in the Eton Choirbook. The SATB configuration is a bit unusual in British music of this period: most common is SATTB. Both sources share some compositions: Cornysh’s Salve Regina, Lambe’s Magnificat octavi toni and John Nesbett’s Magnificat (fragmentary in Eton). The index of the Eton Choirbook mentions four 4-part Magnificats now missing from that source with the same compass (22 notes, most likely F to f”) as the current Magnificat: one by Browne, two by Baldwin and one by Sygar. It is not impossible that one of those is actually our present Magnificat."

◈ Genre / Form → Evening Canticles

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 3/2

♬ Voicing → SSATTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range F2 – F5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 213

Texture Homophonic

Parts 6

Instruments SSATTB

Pages 15

CPDL # 87417

Editor Bert Schreuder

Posted 2025-11-12

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

S (C1)

C4 – F5

S2 (C1)

C4 – D5

A (C3,C2)

F3 – C5

T (C4)

C3 – E-4

T2 (C4)

C3 – F4

B (F4)

F2 – B-3