Ricercar sopra ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la - Porta, Costanzo

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"Guido of Arezzo, in the 11th century, wrote about the hexachord and his mnemonic for naming its notes, a poem "Ut queant laxis" from c.800 that he may have set to music himself. Each successive half-line of the poem begins on the next step of the hexachord, and the syllable there becomes the name of the step. Porta's riff on those notes, though written for keyboard, is clearly written in four voices which correspond nicely to SATB ranges. Thus we have chosen to add the text of that very hymn, to adapt this ''ricercar'' for choral performance. 7 Sep 2012"

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Motets

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range G2 – G5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 93

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 7

CPDL # 35803

Editor John Hetland

Posted 2015-06-18

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

E4 – G5

G3 – B4

D3 – F4

G2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

'''Ut''' quéant làxis '''re'''sonáre fíbris '''Mí'''ra gestórum '''fá'''muli tuórum, '''Sól'''ve pollúti '''lá'''bii reátum, Sáncte Joánnes. Núntius célso véniens Olýmpo, Te pátri mágnum fóre nascitúrum, Nómen, et vítae sériem geréndae Ordine prómit. Ille promíssi dúbius supérni, Pérdidit prómptae módulos loquélae: Sed reformásti génitus perémptae Organa vócis. Véntris obstrúso récubans cubíli Sénseras Régem thálamo manéntem: Hinc párens náti méritis utérque Abdita pándit. Sit décus Pátri, genitaéque Próli, Et tíbi cómpar utriúsque vírtus, Spíritus sémper, Déus únus, ómni Témporis aévo. Amen.