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Vespers (Vespro della Beata Vergine) (Vocal Score)
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Pergolesi Vespers (Vespro della Beata Vergine) (Vocal Score)
Performance material available for hire
Effective reconstruction of a full-length work
Cross-section of Pergolesi’s sacred music
Clear and easy-to-play piano reduction
In 1732 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi composed a setting of the Vespers in honor of St. Emidius, Naples ’s patron saint and protector against earthquakes. All that has survived are the introit Domine ad adjuvandum and three psalm settings: Dixit Dominus, Laudate and Confitebor.
Malcolm Bruno’s reconstruction consists of Pergolesi’s Hymnus, Magnificat, several short instrumental interpolations, and the contrafactum of a secular cantata for the Salve Regina, thereby presenting a full cross-section of Pergolesi’s artistic evolution. The reconstructed Vespers ranges from the early Confitebor , with its allusions to Vivaldi, to the late Salve Regina with its reminiscences of the famous Stabat Mater; from contrapuntal choral writing to operatic arias; and from the magnificently scored Dixit to the almost intimate Laudate .
The present edition follows the original sources as closely as possible and contains an appendix with detailed notes on performance practice.
Contents
- DOMINU AD ADJUVANDUM
- Domine ad adjuvandum
- Gloria Patri
- Sicut erat in principio
- Alleluja
- DIXIT DOMINUS
- Dixit Dominus
- Virgam virtutis
- Dominare
- Tecum principum
- Juravit Dominus
- Domminus a dextris tuis
- Gloria Patri
- Sicut erat in principio
- CONFITEBOR
- Confitebor tibi, Domine
- Confessio et magnificentia
- Fidelia omnia mandata ejus
- Redemptionem misit
- Sanctum et terrible nomen ejus
- Gloria Patri
- Sicut erat in principio
- LAUDATE PUERI
- Laudate pueri
- A solis ortu
- Excelsus super omnes
- Qui sicut Dominus
- Suscitans a terra
- Gloria Patri
- Sicut erat in principio
- LUCIS CREATOR
- MAGNIFICAT
- Magnificat anima mea
- Quia fecit mihi magna
- Suscepit Israel
- Gloria Patri
- SALVE REGINA
- Salve Regina
- Ad te clamamus
- Eia ergo, Advocata nostra
- Et Jesum benedictum
- O Virgo Maria
- ORA PRO NOBIS
- AMEN