Messa da Capella a quattro voci (1641) - Monteverdi, Claudio

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"The Mass of 1641 presents a unique arrangement of the Credo. For three of the verses Monteverdi provided substitute compositions in a wholly different style; the verses are ''Crucifixus etiam pro nobis'', ''Et resurrexit tertia die'', and ''Et iterum venturus est''. Monteverdi singled them out and wrote special compositions in ''stile concertato'' to replace the versions in ''a cappella'' style. ''Crucifixus'', for four solo voices, is based on a motif in chromatic descent that Monteverdi used as a symbolic expression of pain; ''Et resurrexit'', for two soprani and two violins with basso continue, is in the typical style of a trio cantata; ''Et iterum'' for two contralti and bass is in the highly figurative concerted style, with an accompaniment of four trombones, or viole da braccio, surely to indicate the instruments that shall sound on the day of the Last Judgment."

⌛ Period → Baroque

◈ Genre / Form sort=Monteverdi, Claudio

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 6-8)

↕ Range A2 – D5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 434

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments SATB

Pages 28

CPDL # 30202

Editor Brian Marble

Posted 2013-09-28

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

C4 – D5

Alto

F3 – B-4

Tenor

E3 – A4

Bass

A2 – D4