Vespers (1610): Performing score (Classic Choral Works)

This edition is designed to meet the needs of both the scholar and the performer. It contains the complete music of all fourteen compositions as in Monteverdi's original print, plus the psalm 'Lauda Jerusalem' and the two Magnificats in a choice of pitches. Also provided are a continuo realization, notes on performance, Gregorian antiphons for the feasts of the Virgin, and examples of typical early seventeenth-century embellishments. Complete performing material is available on hire, and a Critical Commentary is available for sale from the hire library.MONTEVERDI, Claudio is the author of 'Vespers (1610): Performing score (Classic Choral Works)', published 1999 under ISBN 9780193375888 and ISBN 0193375885.