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S1),

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S2),

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hen

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F), N

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las

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ad u

na

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inst

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enti

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a fe

cit a

3 v

oci &

doi

ins

trum

enti

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than

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ard

(B1)

, Tho

mas

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ards

(B2)

7

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iser

icor

dia

a 6 v

oci

sole

in d

ialo

go

8

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cit p

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tiam

ad

una

voce

& t

re i

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enti

9

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osui

t ad

una

voce

& d

oi in

stru

men

ti

10

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es

a du

e vo

ci &

qu

attr

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stru

men

ti

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epit

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el a

tre

voci

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es S

was

h (S

1), S

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tian

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(S2

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12

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t loc

utus

ad

una

voce

sol

a &

sei

inst

rum

enti

in d

ialo

go

13

Glo

ria

Patr

i a t

re v

oci

– d

ue

dele

qual

i ca

nta

no

in e

cho

Nic

hola

s M

ulro

y (T

), T

hom

as H

obbs

(ec

ho)

14

Sicu

t era

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tti

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inst

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enti

&

vo

ci &

va

canta

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Intr

oduc

tion

Edw

ar

d H

igg

inb

ot

to

m

See

ww

w.n

ewco

llege

choi

r.com

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pers

book

let f

or G

erm

an a

nd

Fre

nch

tra

nsl

atio

ns

of t

he f

ollo

win

g not

es.

The

‘161

0 Ve

sper

s’ is

an

icon

ic c

hora

l wor

k, o

ften

per

form

ed, o

ften

rec

orde

d. T

his

used

not

to

be th

e ca

se: o

nly

sinc

e th

e 19

30s

has

it e

mer

ged

at a

ll, a

nd n

ot u

ntil

the

1950

s as

a w

ork

equa

l in

stat

ure

to o

ther

gre

at c

hora

l wor

ks in

the

Wes

tern

Tra

diti

on, s

uch

as th

e M

ozar

t Req

uiem

or

the

Bac

h B

min

or M

ass.

1 Wha

t dis

ting

uish

es th

is r

ecor

ded

vers

ion

is th

e fa

ct th

at it

use

s bo

ys v

oice

s (r

arel

y en

coun

tere

d in

Mon

teve

rdi

disc

ogra

phy)

, an

d th

at i

t pr

esen

ts a

mus

ical

tex

t in

str

ict

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

the

1610

pub

licat

ion.

It

does

not

set

out

to

repl

icat

e a

litur

gica

l per

form

ance

, bu

t to

pre

sent

the

mus

ic a

s pu

blis

hed

by M

onte

verd

i app

ropr

iate

to

a ce

lebr

atio

n of

Ves

pers

on

a m

ajor

feas

t of t

he B

less

ed V

irgin

Mar

y, m

usic

wri

tten

and

ass

embl

ed a

s an

exe

mpl

ar o

f chu

rch

mus

ic co

mpo

siti

on in

the

fi rst

dec

ade

of th

e 17

th ce

ntur

y. T

he re

leas

e of

this

reco

rded

per

form

ance

in

201

0 ce

lebr

ates

the

400th

ann

iver

sary

of i

ts p

ublic

atio

n in

Sep

tem

ber

1610

.

Bac

kgro

und

to th

e 16

10 p

ublic

atio

nFr

om t

he t

itle

of

the

publ

icat

ion,

we

lear

n th

at i

ts c

onte

nts

incl

ude

a se

ttin

g of

the

Mas

s,

and

mus

ic a

ppro

pria

te t

o th

e of

fi ce

of V

espe

rs o

n a

Mar

ian

feas

t: fi

ve

psal

ms,

a h

ymn,

the

M

agni

fi cat

(in

tw

o di

ffer

ent

vers

ions

), a

nd a

num

ber

of ‘s

acre

d co

ncer

tos’

, sol

o-vo

ice

mot

ets

on n

on-li

turg

ical

tex

ts. T

he s

cope

of

the

colle

ctio

n w

as u

npre

cede

nted

. The

re h

ad p

revi

ousl

y be

en p

ublic

atio

ns in

Ita

ly o

f psa

lm s

etti

ngs

for

Vesp

ers,

suc

h as

Gas

told

i’s T

utt

i li

sal

mi

che

nel

le

sole

nnit

a de

ll’a

nno

al v

espr

o si

can

tano

(160

1), b

ut n

othi

ng p

revi

ousl

y w

hich

had

cov

ered

the

Mas

s

1 T

he te

rm ‘w

ork’

is n

ot a

ltog

ethe

r a

sati

sfac

tory

des

crip

tion

of w

hat M

onte

verd

i wro

te. T

he 1

610

Vesp

ers

take

s th

e fo

rm it

doe

s be

caus

e it

is a

set

ting

of a

seq

uenc

e of

text

s be

long

ing

to a

litu

rgic

al o

ffi ce

. The

offi

ce o

f Ves

pers

re

quir

es a

sun

g op

enin

g Ve

rsic

le a

nd R

espo

nse,

fi ve

psa

lms

(her

e pr

oper

to a

Mar

ian

feas

t), a

hym

n (a

lso

prop

er

to a

Mar

ian

feas

t) a

nd th

e M

agni

fi cat

. In

addi

tion

, ant

ipho

ns w

ere

atta

ched

to e

ach

psal

m a

nd th

e M

agni

fi cat

. In

one

form

or

othe

r, M

onte

verd

i cou

ld b

e sa

id to

hav

e pr

ovid

ed fo

r ea

ch o

f the

se it

ems.

But

, as

a re

sour

ce fo

r us

e in

It

alia

n ch

urch

es, h

is m

usic

was

not

req

uire

d to

be

sung

eit

her

excl

usiv

ely

or in

its

enti

rety

: a m

aest

ro d

i ca

ppel

la c

ould

pi

ck a

nd c

hoos

e, p

erha

ps o

ptin

g to

sub

stit

ute

two

of th

e ps

alm

s fo

r a

sim

ple

fals

obor

done

set

ting

. Or

choo

sing

th

e si

mpl

er o

f the

two

Mag

nifi c

at s

etti

ngs

that

Mon

teve

rdi h

imse

lf pr

ovid

es. I

n th

is s

ense

, the

Ves

pers

set

ting

s do

not

con

stit

ute

a si

ngle

wor

k, b

ut a

ser

ies

of w

orks

, eac

h se

lf-su

ffi ci

ent m

usic

ally

. And

yet

it is

und

enia

ble

that

th

e cu

mul

ativ

e ef

fect

of t

he w

hole

seq

uenc

e, a

s se

t by

Mon

teve

rdi,

is b

oth

huge

ly d

ram

atic

and

con

vinc

ing,

and

th

at a

nyon

e w

ho e

mba

rks

upon

its

mus

ical

dis

cove

ry is

str

ongl

y m

otiv

ated

to in

clud

e al

l tha

t the

com

pose

r w

rote

, al

thou

gh in

this

rec

ordi

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nly

the

mor

e el

abor

ate

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nifi c

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and

Vesp

ers,

and

on

such

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

sca

le. C

lear

ly M

onte

verd

i w

as t

ryin

g to

im

pres

s.

The

rea

sons

are

not

diffi

cul

t to

unde

rsta

nd. A

t the

tim

e of

the

publ

icat

ion,

Mon

teve

rdi h

ad b

een

wor

king

for V

ince

nzo

Gon

zaga

, Duk

e of

Man

tua,

for t

en y

ears

. He

was

resp

onsi

ble

for t

he se

cula

r m

usic

of t

he D

uke’

s co

urt,

and

only

info

rmal

ly fo

r th

e ch

apel

mus

ic. A

mon

g hi

s du

ties

wer

e th

e co

mpo

siti

on a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce o

f ela

bora

te m

usic

al e

nter

tain

men

ts fo

r co

urt

occa

sion

s. T

hus

his

earl

y op

era

Orf

eo w

as w

ritt

en f

or t

he C

arni

val

cele

brat

ions

of

1607

. How

ever

, fro

m a

let

ter

he

wro

te t

o th

e D

uke

in 1

608

com

plai

ning

abo

ut h

is c

ondi

tion

s of

wor

k, a

nd f

rom

his

att

empt

s to

be

rel

ease

d fr

om h

is p

ost,

we

know

that

he

was

see

king

diff

eren

t em

ploy

men

t, m

ost l

ikel

y in

the

chur

ch (

he h

ad tr

ied

unsu

cces

sful

ly o

n tw

o oc

casi

ons

to tr

ansf

er to

the

cour

t cha

pel i

n M

antu

a).

Wit

h th

e de

ath

of h

is w

ife in

160

7 he

had

als

o fa

llen

on d

iffi c

ult

pers

onal

cir

cum

stan

ces,

hav

ing

now

two

youn

g so

ns to

care

for.

He

knew

that

his

chan

ces o

f fi n

ding

a p

rest

igio

us ch

urch

pos

t wou

ld

be t

he b

ette

r fo

r ha

ving

pub

lishe

d an

impr

essi

ve c

olle

ctio

n of

chu

rch

mus

ic. T

his

inde

ed is

wha

t th

e 16

10 p

ublic

atio

n is

. Its

ded

icat

ion

to P

ope

Paul

V s

peak

s of

Mon

teve

rdi s

eeki

ng p

atro

nage

at

the

hig

hest

and

mos

t in

fl uen

tial

leve

l. T

hat

the

colle

ctio

n w

as p

rint

ed in

Ven

ice

was

a m

atte

r of

con

veni

ence

: Ven

ice

was

a c

ity

of b

ook

and

mus

ic p

ublis

hing

, and

Mon

teve

rdi d

id n

ot h

ave

a lo

ng jo

urne

y fr

om M

antu

a to

ove

rsee

the

proj

ect.

But

it is

mor

e th

an li

kely

that

he

had

his e

ye o

n a

pres

tigi

ous

chur

ch p

ost

in R

ome.

He

spen

t th

e la

st t

hree

mon

ths

of 1

610

in t

he E

tern

al C

ity,

netw

orki

ng in

fl uen

tial

car

dina

ls, s

eeki

ng a

n au

dien

ce w

ith

the

dedi

cate

e of

his

161

0 pu

blic

atio

n,

and

nego

tiat

ing

the

adm

issi

on o

f one

of h

is s

ons

into

a R

oman

sem

inar

y.

We

do n

ot k

now

wha

t mig

ht e

vent

ually

hav

e co

me

of h

is R

oman

trip

. For

the

mom

ent M

onte

verd

i w

as t

ied

to t

he M

antu

an C

ourt

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e on

ly t

o pu

t hi

s na

me

abou

t (w

ith

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e di

scre

tion

). B

ut

thos

e ci

rcum

stan

ces

chan

ged

in 1

612

whe

n th

e ne

w D

uke,

str

uggl

ing

wit

h a

larg

e de

fi cit

in t

he

duca

l acc

ount

s, s

acke

d M

onte

verd

i. N

ow t

he c

ompo

ser

was

a fr

ee a

gent

, abl

e to

app

ly fo

r ot

her

empl

oym

ent.

His

stro

ke o

f goo

d fo

rtun

e w

as th

at th

e m

ost p

rest

igio

us c

hurc

h po

st in

the

who

le o

f It

aly,

outs

ide

Rom

e, c

ame

up th

e fo

llow

ing

year

, the

pos

t of m

aest

ro d

i ca

ppel

la a

t St M

ark’

s, V

enic

e.

Mon

teve

rdi

appl

ied

and

was

suc

cess

ful.

The

pro

cura

tors

of

St M

ark’

s re

ferr

ed i

n th

eir

repo

rt

on M

onte

verd

i’s m

usic

al a

udit

ion

to ‘t

he q

ualit

y an

d vi

rtue

of

his

wor

ks f

ound

in p

rint

’, a

clea

r in

dica

tion

that

the

1610

pub

licat

ion

had

inde

ed fo

und

its m

ark.

It is

no

surp

rise

ther

efor

e th

at th

is

publ

icat

ion,

wit

h it

s mag

nifi c

ent c

olle

ctio

n of

mus

ic fo

r Ve

sper

s, sh

ould

be

clos

ely

asso

ciat

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ith

St M

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s, V

enic

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owev

er, a

t the

tim

e of

its

prin

ting

, Mon

teve

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exp

erie

nce

as a

com

pose

r of

ch

urch

mus

ic h

ad b

een

limit

ed to

Man

tua.

It w

as in

Man

tua,

if a

t all,

that

som

e of

this

mus

ic m

ay

have

fi rs

t bee

n pe

rfor

med

, wha

teve

r th

e us

e m

ade

of it

in S

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The

mus

ic o

f the

161

0 pu

blic

atio

nSo

, w

hat

was

it

that

so

muc

h im

pres

sed

the

proc

urat

ors?

Par

t of

Mon

teve

rdi’s

ski

ll w

as i

n pr

ovid

ing

evid

ence

of h

is c

ompe

tenc

e ac

ross

the

pri

ma

and

seco

nda

prat

tice

. The

se t

erm

s w

ere

prob

ably

coi

ned

by M

onte

verd

i him

self

to d

eal w

ith

the

inno

vato

ry h

arm

onic

pra

ctic

e em

ergi

ng

in h

is m

adri

gals

(se

e th

e pr

efac

e to

his

col

lect

ion

of 1

605)

. Her

e he

say

s th

at h

is m

ore

adva

nced

co

mpo

siti

onal

pra

ctic

e (t

he s

econ

da p

ratt

ica)

was

not

to

be c

riti

cise

d fo

r de

part

ing

from

the

pr

inci

ples

of t

he p

rim

a pr

atti

ca. T

he tw

o w

ere

dist

inct

sty

les.

The

sec

ond

prac

tice

was

ass

ocia

ted

wit

h th

e ne

w m

onod

ic st

yle

of h

is o

pera

s (th

ough

not

lim

ited

to m

onod

y), a

nd th

e fi r

st w

ith

the

mor

e co

nser

vati

ve p

ract

ice

of c

hurc

h co

mpo

sers

. In

the

1610

pub

licat

ion,

the

Mas

s se

ttin

g ex

empl

ifi es

th

e pr

ima

prat

tica

, in

the

tim

e-ho

nour

ed g

enre

of

paro

dy m

ass,

whe

re a

pre

viou

sly

com

pose

d m

otet

(he

re, G

ombe

rt’s

In i

llo

tem

pore

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tak

en a

s a

com

posi

tion

al b

asis

, and

whe

re M

onte

verd

i ac

know

ledg

es a

pre

viou

s m

aste

r, de

mon

stra

ting

ski

ll in

ext

endi

ng a

nd d

evel

opin

g a

pre-

exis

ting

co

ntra

punt

al te

xtur

e. T

hus M

onte

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i ans

wer

ed h

is cr

itic

s by

givi

ng a

mpl

e ev

iden

ce o

f his

abi

lity

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rite

in th

e co

nser

vati

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apun

tal)

chu

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ut it

wou

ld b

e to

o si

mpl

isti

c to

say

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th

e m

usic

for

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ers

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y w

ay o

f con

tras

t, ev

iden

ce o

f his

mor

e ad

vanc

ed c

ompo

siti

onal

voi

ce,

the

seco

nda

prat

tica

. Wit

hin

the

Vesp

ers s

etti

ngs t

here

is a

who

le r

ange

of s

tylis

tic

tech

niqu

es o

n sh

ow, a

nd it

is t

his

whi

ch m

akes

the

Ves

pers

the

wor

k it

is: a

n en

cycl

oped

ia o

f gen

res,

form

s an

d st

yles

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s m

ust a

lso

have

impr

esse

d th

e pr

ocur

ator

s, w

ho w

ould

hav

e na

tura

lly w

ishe

d to

see

St

Mar

k’s f

urni

shed

wit

h a

full

rang

e of

mus

ical

idio

ms,

from

the

trad

itio

nal t

o th

e fo

rwar

d-lo

okin

g.

The

ir ju

dgem

ent w

as n

ot m

ispl

aced

.

Tho

se o

f the

m w

ith re

al d

isce

rnm

ent w

ill h

ave

seen

that

Mon

teve

rdi c

ould

take

the

basi

c ha

rmon

ic

elab

orat

ion

of p

salm

tone

s, th

e fa

lsob

ordo

no, a

nd tr

ansf

orm

it in

to a

kal

eido

scop

ic va

riat

ion

prac

tice.

Ta

ke fo

r ex

ampl

e th

e se

ttin

g of

Dix

it D

omin

us.

Her

e th

e ob

viou

sly

stro

phic

str

uctu

re o

f the

psa

lm

prov

ides

for a

seri

es o

f dis

cret

e se

ttin

gs o

f the

pla

inch

ant p

salm

tone

, car

ried

mai

nly i

n th

e ba

ss vo

ice,

ea

ch o

f the

se e

mbe

llish

ed b

y ne

w fi

gure

s in

the

uppe

r voi

ces.

But

the

proc

ess i

s mor

e so

phis

ticat

ed:

alte

rnat

e ve

rses

hav

e a

cont

rast

ing

chor

dal r

ecita

tion,

bre

akin

g in

to a

hig

hly

deco

rativ

e ca

dent

ial

fl our

ish.

The

seco

nd o

f eac

h fl o

uris

h gi

ves w

ay to

an

inst

rum

enta

l rito

rnel

lo, e

choi

ng th

e fi g

urat

ion

hear

d im

med

iate

ly b

efor

e. T

his h

ighl

y or

gani

sed

stru

ctur

e ca

rrie

s a w

onde

rful

var

iety

of t

reat

men

ts

of t

he t

ext.

The

follo

win

g ps

alm

, Lau

date

puer

i is

built

aro

und

a m

igra

ting

cant

us fi

rmus

, a p

salm

to

ne (a

lway

s rec

ogni

sabl

e by

its s

impl

e an

d re

petit

ive

cont

our)

whi

ch ‘w

ande

rs’ f

rom

voi

ce to

voi

ce,

allo

win

g fo

r a

seri

es o

f hig

hly

orna

men

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and

two

bass

es, e

ach

pair

in tu

rn. A

gain

, the

syst

emat

ic a

ppro

ach,

exe

mpl

ifyin

g a

rang

e of

text

ural

po

ssib

ilitie

s, in

no

wis

e so

unds

form

ulai

c; r

athe

r th

e op

posi

te. L

aeta

tus

sum

is b

uilt

on t

he s

trop

hic

bass

pri

ncip

le, f

ound

als

o in

Mon

teve

rdi’s

mad

riga

ls, w

here

for

the

odd

-num

bere

d ve

rses

a b

ass

patt

ern

in c

onst

ant

croc

hets

is r

epri

sed,

invi

ting

diffe

rent

upp

er-v

oice

ela

bora

tions

. For

the

oth

er

vers

es, l

onge

r va

lues

are

em

ploy

ed in

the

bas

s pa

rt w

ith a

free

r re

petit

ion

patt

ern,

but

with

cle

ar

fi gur

ativ

e re

latio

nshi

ps. T

his

sett

ing

is a

noth

er t

echn

ical

tou

r de

for

ce, b

ut s

ound

ing

com

plet

ely

unfo

rced

. N

isi

Dom

inus

has

the

psal

m t

one

cons

tant

ly p

rese

nt i

n th

e Q

uint

us p

art

(the

sec

ond

teno

r), m

ovin

g at

‘Sic

ut s

agitt

ae’ t

o th

e fi r

st t

enor

. The

she

er v

irtu

osity

of

the

chan

ging

tex

ture

s an

d fi g

urat

ions

surr

ound

ing

the

psal

m-t

one

reite

ratio

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bre

atht

akin

g, in

clud

ing

a br

illia

nt (i

f not

w

holly

cre

dibl

e) s

tret

to c

anon

bet

wee

n fo

ur o

f the

voi

ces

in t

he o

peni

ng v

erse

. The

re is

n’t

muc

h,

it se

ems,

that

Mon

teve

rdi c

ould

n’t

do, a

nd d

o be

tter

tha

n an

yone

els

e. M

eanw

hile

, as

evid

ence

of

his

thor

ough

goin

g se

cond

a pr

attic

a, h

e in

ters

pers

ed t

hese

psa

lm s

ettin

gs w

ith h

is s

acre

d co

ncer

ti,

scor

ed f

or s

olo

teno

r (N

igra

sum

), tw

o so

pran

i (P

ulc

hra

es),

thre

e te

nors

(D

uo

sera

phim

), an

d te

nor

+ e

cho

(Audi

coe

lum

). W

hate

ver

the

litur

gica

l fun

ctio

n of

the

se m

ovem

ents

(an

d th

ere

is a

str

ong

argu

men

t for

seei

ng th

em a

s ant

ipho

n su

bstit

utes

), th

ey se

rve

as h

ighl

y per

sona

l, em

otiv

ely c

harg

ed,

and

virt

uosi

c fo

ils t

o th

e ps

alm

set

tings

. Mon

teve

rdi’s

res

pons

e to

the

tex

t am

ply

test

ifi es

to

his

dict

um th

at ‘t

he w

ords

are

the

mis

tres

s of t

he h

arm

ony

and

not t

he se

rvan

t’.

How

ever

, the

161

0 co

llect

ion

is n

ot s

impl

y ab

out

voca

l mus

ic; M

onte

verd

i bri

ngs

to t

he M

aria

n fe

ast s

omet

hing

els

e, a

nd so

met

hing

ver

y di

stin

ctiv

e in

the

real

m o

f chu

rch

mus

ic: t

he in

tegr

atio

n of

an

orch

estr

a. It

has

bec

ome

a co

mm

onpl

ace

to o

bser

ve th

at in

Orf

eo (1

607)

Mon

teve

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xten

ds

the

rang

e an

d sc

ope

of i

nstr

umen

tal

prac

tice

to

just

ify t

he u

se o

f th

e te

rm ‘

orch

estr

a’.

It i

s eq

ually

just

ifi ed

wit

h re

spec

t to

the

Ves

pers

. Apa

rt fr

om a

nyth

ing

else

, the

ope

ning

ver

sicl

e an

d re

spon

se b

egin

s w

ith

a re

wor

king

of t

he o

peni

ng si

nfo

nia

from

Orf

eo. B

ut e

ven

mor

e im

pres

sive

in

stru

men

tally

spe

akin

g is

the

Son

ata

sopr

a S

anct

a M

aria

. Thi

s is

the

long

est,

mos

t so

phis

tica

ted

and

mos

t sk

ilful

ly ‘o

rche

stra

ted’

pie

ce e

ver

to h

ave

been

wri

tten

by

1610

. It

surp

asse

s by

far

the

canz

one o

f Gio

vann

i Gab

riel

i, M

onte

verd

i’s V

enet

ian

riva

l. T

he re

curr

ing

voca

l (pl

ainc

hant

) ref

rain

‘S

anct

a M

aria

ora

pro

nob

is’ p

rovi

des a

n im

port

ant s

truc

tura

l ele

men

t, bu

t mor

e si

gnifi

cant

is th

e pr

oces

s th

at s

ubje

cts

the

inst

rum

enta

l mat

eria

l to

cons

tant

var

iati

on a

nd e

labo

rati

on, w

ithi

n a

broa

d te

rnar

y st

ruct

ure.

The

stri

ng a

nd w

ind

grou

ping

s are

pla

yed

off a

gain

st e

ach

othe

r, w

ith

an

asto

nish

ing

leve

l of v

irtu

osit

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ll th

is s

ets

the

scen

e fo

r w

hat h

appe

ns in

the

Mag

nifi c

at. H

ere

it

is e

ntir

ely

appr

opri

ate

to ta

lk o

f a g

litte

ring

pro

cess

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of s

onor

itie

s, a

s ea

ch v

erse

of t

he c

anti

cle

is g

iven

its d

isti

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olou

rs a

nd e

nsem

ble

scor

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from

ech

o vi

olin

s and

cor

nett

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juxt

apos

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of w

ind

and

stri

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roup

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roug

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pra

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full-

blow

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ll th

e ve

rses

are

kn

it to

geth

er b

y th

e ps

alm

ton

e, h

eard

in a

var

iety

of

voic

es. I

t is

impo

ssib

le t

o im

agin

e a

mor

e im

agin

ativ

e, v

arie

d an

d se

duct

ive

sett

ing,

a se

ttin

g th

at se

als t

he r

eput

atio

n of

the

1610

Ves

pers

as

one

of th

e m

ost a

ccom

plis

hed

sacr

ed w

orks

of a

ny c

entu

ry, a

nd fo

r th

e ea

rly

17th c

entu

ry, u

nriv

alle

d in

its s

cale

and

leve

l of a

mbi

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n th

is p

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oder

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: wha

t is

an

appr

opri

ate

pitc

h st

anda

rd fo

r thi

s mus

ic? H

ow d

o th

e se

ttin

gs in

hig

h cl

efs –

requ

irin

g do

wnw

ard

tran

spos

itio

n –

rela

te t

o th

is p

itch

sta

ndar

d? H

ow s

houl

d th

e in

stru

men

tati

on e

xten

d be

yond

Mon

teve

rdi’s

sp

ecifi

cati

on?

How

man

y vo

ices

did

Mon

teve

rdi

envi

sage

, an

d of

wha

t so

rt?

How

doe

s th

e m

usic

fi t

into

a li

turg

ical

con

text

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ll th

ese

requ

ire

an a

nsw

er b

efor

e th

e ta

sk o

f re

spon

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to

Mon

teve

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mus

ical

tex

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n be

gin.

To

take

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m in

ord

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here

is a

mpl

e ev

iden

ce t

hat

pitc

h st

anda

rds i

n th

e Ve

neto

in th

e ea

rly

17th

cen

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n pi

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s tem

ptin

g to

ado

pt A

=46

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r so

me

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Lau

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the

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ey a

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ewhe

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he m

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ill (

the

high

sop

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aeta

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sum

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Lau

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the

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auda

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is t

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dow

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tone

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the

M

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a m

inor

thir

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the

fi rst

inst

ance

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s br

ings

the

psal

m to

ne o

nto

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sam

e pi

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as

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d in

Lae

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m, a

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the

seco

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e ps

alm

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citi

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resp

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shar

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th

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y-si

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rend

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he m

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pla

yabl

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the

corn

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tion

the

re a

re p

laus

ible

mod

al t

rans

itio

ns b

etw

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the

neig

hbou

ring

item

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s re

gard

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stru

men

tati

on, o

nly

thre

e ‘m

ovem

ents

’ of t

he V

espe

rs h

ave

inst

rum

ents

spe

cifi e

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he

open

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resp

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ine

ad a

djuva

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he S

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e M

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tw

o, D

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in

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men

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wis

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inst

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ic; a

nd in

our

ow

n ti

me

we

wou

ld n

ot e

xpec

t, as

he

expe

cted

, to

hear

cas

trat

i. T

he s

opra

no p

arts

in I

talia

n ch

urch

mus

ic o

f th

is p

erio

d m

ight

hav

e be

en s

ung

by a

ny o

f th

ree

voic

e-ty

pes:

cas

trat

o, fa

lset

tist

, or b

oy so

pran

o, o

r ind

eed

any

com

bina

tion

of t

he th

ree;

eve

ryth

ing

wou

ld h

ave

depe

nded

on

the

reso

urce

of a

n in

divi

dual

est

ablis

hmen

t. T

hus N

ew C

olle

ge e

mpl

oys

treb

les

as a

n in

stit

utio

nal r

esou

rce.

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voc

al s

cori

ng is

ess

enti

ally

SST

TB

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f ‘al

tos’

wer

e us

ed

at a

ll, it

wou

ld h

ave

been

as f

alse

ttis

ts o

n th

e to

p lin

e. H

owev

er, t

his b

egs t

he q

uest

ions

of w

heth

er

the

teno

r vo

ice

in M

onte

verd

i’s d

ay e

mpl

oyed

a ‘m

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’ reg

iste

r fo

r hi

gh n

otes

, or

inde

ed s

lippe

d in

to f

alse

tto.

The

alt

os o

f N

ew C

olle

ge h

ave

been

fre

ely

empl

oyed

to

prov

ide

an e

xten

sion

of

the

teno

r vo

ice.

On

the

subj

ect

of n

umbe

r of

voi

ces,

the

his

tori

cal

and

arti

stic

arg

umen

t fo

r M

onte

verd

i’s m

usic

bei

ng p

erfo

rmab

le b

y si

ngle

voi

ces

is i

rref

utab

le.

At

the

sam

e ti

me,

the

ar

gum

ent f

or th

e us

e of

‘rip

ieni

sts’

is n

o le

ss st

rong

. The

man

ner

of c

onst

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g ri

pien

o pr

acti

ce is

al

l-im

port

ant:

in t

his

reco

rded

per

form

ance

, the

mus

ic is

sun

g es

sent

ially

by

an e

nsem

ble

of so

lo

voic

es, r

einf

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d, a

t th

e di

scre

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of t

he d

irec

tor,

by a

ddit

iona

l voi

ces,

pro

vidi

ng a

fulle

r so

und

for

a la

rge

eccl

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stic

al s

pace

. Suc

h pr

acti

ce w

as c

omm

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in 1

7th-c

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taly.

Tur

ning

to

the

som

ewha

t ve

xati

ous

ques

tion

of

litur

gica

l con

text

, we

know

tha

t M

onte

verd

i pub

lishe

d hi

s m

usic

for

use

at V

espe

rs o

n m

ajor

Mar

ian

feas

ts. W

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rel

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cord

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is a

moo

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nt, e

spec

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whe

n sc

hola

rly

opin

ion

is st

ill d

ivid

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n th

e ro

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f th

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y an

tiph

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ubst

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r ex

tra-

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ms?

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n w

heth

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plai

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anti

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in d

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in s

plen

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ex u

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ravi

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omin

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the

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to t

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omin

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ter

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m p

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to t

he S

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egin

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now,

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sha

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itho

ut e

nd. A

men

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ck b

ut c

omel

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dau

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rs o

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kin

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in m

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his

cha

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r th

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rai

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ove

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at

hand

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set

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pra

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ord

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e al

l nat

ions

, an

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abov

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e he

aven

s.

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13

Qui

hab

itar

e fa

cit

ster

ilem

in d

omo,

m

atre

m fi

lior

um læ

tant

em.

Glo

ria

Patr

i et

Fili

o

et S

piri

tui S

anct

o.Si

cut

erat

in p

rinc

ipio

, et

nunc

, et

sem

per,

et

in s

æcu

la s

æcu

loru

m. A

men

.

Pu

lch

ra

es

S

ong o

f So

lomon

6: 3

-4P

ulch

ra e

s, a

mic

a m

ea,

suav

is e

t de

cora

fi li

a Je

rusa

lem

.P

ulch

ra e

s, a

mic

a m

ea, s

uavi

s et

de

cora

sic

ut J

erus

alem

, ter

ribi

lis

ut

cast

roru

m a

cies

ord

inat

a.A

vert

e oc

ulos

tuo

s a

me,

qu

ia ip

si m

e av

olar

e fe

ceru

nt.

Læt

at

us

sum

Ps

alm

121

tatu

s su

m in

his

, quæ

dic

ta s

unt

mih

i:in

dom

um D

omin

i ibi

mus

.St

ante

s er

ant

pede

s no

stri

, in

atri

is t

uis,

Je

rusa

lem

.Je

rusa

lem

, quæ

ædi

fi ca

tur

ut c

ivit

as:

cuju

s pa

rtic

ipat

io e

jus

in id

ipsu

m.

Illu

c en

im a

scen

deru

nt t

ribu

s,

tr

ibus

Dom

ini:

te

stim

oniu

m I

sræ

l ad

con

fi te

ndum

nom

ini D

omin

i.Q

uia

illi

c se

deru

nt s

edes

in ju

dici

o,

sede

s su

per

dom

um D

avid

.R

ogat

e qu

æ a

d pa

cem

sun

t Je

rusa

lem

:et

abu

ndan

tia

dili

gent

ibus

te.

Fiat

pax

in v

irtu

te t

ua:

et a

bund

anti

a in

tur

ribu

s tu

is.

Pro

pter

fra

tres

meo

s, e

t pr

oxim

os m

eos,

Who

mak

eth

the

barr

en w

oman

to k

eep

hous

e,

a jo

yful

mot

her

of c

hild

ren.

Glo

ry b

e to

the

Fat

her

and

to t

he S

on

an

d to

the

Hol

y Sp

irit

. A

s it

was

in t

he b

egin

ning

, is

now,

and

eve

r sh

all b

e,

wit

hout

end

. Am

en.

Tho

u ar

t be

auti

ful,

my

love

, a

swee

t an

d co

mel

y da

ught

er o

f Jer

usal

em.

Tho

u ar

t be

auti

ful,

my

love

, sw

eet

and

com

ely

as J

erus

alem

, ter

ribl

e as

an

arm

y ar

raye

d fo

r ba

ttle

. Tu

rn t

hine

eye

s fr

om m

e,

for

they

mak

e m

e fl e

e aw

ay.

I w

as g

lad

whe

n th

ey s

aid

to m

e:

we

will

go

into

the

hou

se o

f the

Lor

d.

Our

feet

sha

ll st

and

in t

hy g

ates

, O

Jer

usal

em.

Jeru

sale

m, t

hat

is b

uilt

as

a ci

ty

that

is a

t on

e w

ith

itse

lf.

For

thit

her

the

trib

es g

o up

,

the

trib

es o

f the

Lor

d,

to t

he t

esti

mon

y of

Isr

ael,

to g

ive

than

ks t

o th

e na

me

of t

he L

ord.

Fo

r th

ere

are

the

seat

s of

judg

emen

t,

the

thro

nes

of t

he h

ouse

of D

avid

. Pr

ay fo

r th

e pe

ace

of J

erus

alem

: th

ey s

hall

pros

per

that

love

the

e.

Peac

e be

wit

hin

thy

wal

ls,

and

plen

ty w

ithi

n th

y pa

lace

s.

For

my

bret

hren

, and

my

com

pani

ons,

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loqu

ebar

pac

em d

e te

:P

ropt

er d

omum

Dom

ini D

ei n

ostr

i, qu

æsi

vi b

ona

tibi

.G

lori

a Pa

tri e

t Fi

lio

et

Spi

ritu

i San

cto.

Sicu

t er

at in

pri

ncip

io, e

t nu

nc, e

t se

mpe

r,

et in

cula

culo

rum

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en.

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o S

era

ph

im

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aiah

6:3

, 1 J

ohn

5: 7

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uo S

erap

him

cla

mab

ant a

lter

ad

alte

rum

:Sa

nctu

s, s

anct

us, s

anct

us, D

omin

us

Deu

s Sa

baot

h.P

lena

est

om

nis

terr

a gl

oria

eju

s.Tr

es s

unt,

qui

tes

tim

oniu

m d

ant

in

cœlo

:Pa

ter,

Ver

bum

et

Spir

itus

San

ctus

:et

hi t

res

unum

sun

t.Sa

nctu

s, s

anct

us, s

anct

us, D

omin

us

Deu

s Sa

baot

h.P

lena

est

om

nis

terr

a gl

oria

eju

s.

Nis

i D

om

inu

s

Psal

m 1

26N

isi D

omin

us æ

difi

cave

rit

dom

um,

in v

anum

labo

rave

runt

qui

ædi

fi ca

nt e

am.

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i Dom

inus

cus

todi

erit

civ

itat

em,

frus

tra

vigi

lat

qui c

usto

dit

eam

.Va

num

est

vob

is a

nte

luce

m s

urge

re:

surg

ite

post

quam

sed

erit

is,

qu

i man

duca

tis

pane

m d

olor

is.

Cum

ded

erit

dil

ecti

s su

is s

omnu

m:

ecce

, hæ

redi

tas

Dom

ini fi

lii

:m

erce

s, f

ruct

us v

entr

is.

I w

ill s

eek

peac

e fo

r th

ee.

For

the

hous

e of

the

Lor

d ou

r G

od,

I w

ill s

eek

to d

o th

ee g

ood.

G

lory

be

to t

he F

athe

r an

d to

the

Son

and

to t

he H

oly

Spir

it.

As

it w

as in

the

beg

inni

ng, i

s no

w, a

nd e

ver

shal

l be,

w

itho

ut e

nd. A

men

.

Two

sera

phim

cri

ed t

o on

e an

othe

r:

Hol

y, ho

ly, h

oly

is t

he L

ord

God

of

Sab

aoth

. T

he w

hole

ear

th is

full

of h

is g

lory

. T

here

are

thr

ee w

ho b

ear

wit

ness

in

heav

en:

the

Fath

er, t

he W

ord,

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit

: an

d th

ese

thre

e ar

e on

e.

Hol

y, ho

ly, h

oly

is t

he L

ord

God

of

Sab

aoth

.T

he w

hole

ear

th is

full

of h

is g

lory

.

Unl

ess

the

Lor

d bu

ild t

he h

ouse

, th

ey la

bour

in v

ain

who

bui

ld it

.E

xcep

t th

e L

ord

keep

the

cit

y, he

wat

chet

h in

vai

n w

ho k

eepe

th it

. It

is v

ain

for

you

to r

ise

befo

re d

awn:

ri

se la

ter,

ye

who

hav

e ea

ten

the

brea

d of

sor

row

s;

Whe

n he

will

giv

e sl

eep

to h

is c

hose

n.

Lo,

chi

ldre

n ar

e an

her

itag

e of

the

Lor

d;

a re

war

d, t

he fr

uit

of t

he w

omb.

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Sicu

t sa

gitt

æ in

man

u po

tent

is:

ita

fi li

i exc

usso

rum

.B

eatu

s vi

r qu

i im

plev

it d

esid

eriu

m

suum

ex

ipsi

s:no

n co

nfun

detu

r cu

m lo

quet

ur

in

imic

is s

uis

in p

orta

.G

lori

a Pa

tri e

t Fi

lio

et

Spi

ritu

i San

cto.

Sicu

t er

at in

pri

ncip

io, e

t nu

nc, e

t se

mpe

r,

et in

cula

culo

rum

. Am

en.

Au

di

lum

Aud

i, cœ

lum

, ver

ba m

ea p

lena

de

side

rio

et p

erfu

sa g

audi

o.

Aud

ioD

ic, q

uæso

, mih

i: Q

uæ e

st is

ta

quæ

con

surg

ens

ut a

uror

a ru

tila

t,

ut b

ened

icam

? D

icam

Dic

nam

ista

pul

chra

ut

luna

, el

ecta

ut

sol,

repl

et læ

titi

a te

rras

, cœ

los,

mar

ia.

Mar

iaM

aria

vir

go il

la d

ulci

s pr

ædi

cata

de

prop

heta

Eze

kiel

, por

ta o

rien

tali

s.

Tali

sIl

la s

acra

et

feli

x po

rta

per

quam

mor

s fu

it e

xpul

sa

intr

oduc

ta a

utem

vit

a.

Ita

Quæ

sem

per

tutu

m e

st m

ediu

m

inte

r ho

min

es e

t D

eum

pr

o cu

lpis

rem

ediu

m.

Med

ium

Om

nes

hanc

erg

o se

quam

ur q

ua c

um

grat

ia m

erea

mur

vit

am æ

tern

am.

Con

sequ

amur

. S

equa

mur

As

arro

ws

in t

he h

ands

of t

he m

ight

y, th

us a

re t

he c

hild

ren

of o

utca

sts.

B

less

ed is

the

man

who

se q

uive

r is

full

of

them

: th

ey s

hall

not

be a

sham

ed w

hen

they

co

nfro

nt t

heir

ene

mie

s in

the

way

. G

lory

be

to t

he F

athe

r an

d to

the

Son

and

to t

he H

oly

Spir

it.

As

it w

as in

the

beg

inni

ng, i

s no

w, a

nd e

ver

shal

l be,

w

itho

ut e

nd. A

men

.

Hea

r, O

hea

ven,

hea

r m

y w

ords

full

of lo

ngin

g an

d pe

rvad

ed b

y jo

y. I

hear

Tell

me,

I p

ray,

who

is s

he

that

shi

nes

like

the

daw

n in

her

ris

ing,

th

at I

mig

ht b

less

her

? I

wil

l te

llTe

ll m

e, fo

r sh

e, b

eaut

eous

as

the

moo

n,

radi

ant

as t

he s

un, fi

lls

wit

h jo

y th

e ea

rth,

heav

ens

and

seas

. M

ary

Mar

y, th

at s

wee

t vi

rgin

fore

told

by

the

prop

het

Eze

kiel

, the

gat

eway

to

the

Eas

t.

Eve

n s

heT

hat

sacr

ed a

nd h

appy

por

tal t

hrou

gh

whi

ch d

eath

was

dri

ven

out

and

life

brou

ght

in.

Eve

n s

oSh

e w

ho is

alw

ays

a su

re in

term

edia

ry

betw

een

men

and

God

, th

e cu

re fo

r ou

r si

ns.

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Med

iato

rL

et u

s al

l the

refo

re fo

llow

her

thr

ough

w

hose

gra

ce w

e m

ay b

e gr

ante

d et

erna

l lif

e.

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us

go w

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her.

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us

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Præ

stet

nob

is D

eus,

Pat

er h

oc e

t Fi

lius

et

Mat

er c

ujus

nom

en in

voca

mus

dul

ce

mis

eris

sol

amen

. A

men

Ben

edic

ta e

s, v

irgo

Mar

ia,

in s

æcu

loru

m s

æcu

la.

Lau

da

Jer

usa

lem

Ps

alm

147

Lau

da, J

erus

alem

, Dom

inum

:la

uda

Deu

m t

uum

, Sio

n.Q

uoni

am c

onfo

rtav

it s

eras

por

taru

m

tuar

um:

bene

dixi

t fi

liis

tui

s in

te.

Qui

pos

uit

fi ne

s tu

os p

acem

:et

adi

pe f

rum

enti

sat

iat

te.

Qui

em

itti

t el

oqui

um s

uum

ter

ræ:

velo

cite

r cu

rrit

ser

mo

ejus

.Q

ui d

at n

ivem

sic

ut la

nam

:ne

bula

m s

icut

cin

erem

spa

rgit

.M

itti

t cr

ysta

llum

sua

m s

icut

buc

cell

as:

ante

fac

iem

fri

gori

s ej

us q

uis

sust

ineb

it?

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itte

t ve

rbum

suu

m, e

t li

quef

acie

t ea

:fl

abit

spi

ritu

s ej

us, e

t fl

uent

aqu

æ.

Qui

ann

unci

ate

verb

um s

uum

Jac

ob:

just

itia

s et

judi

cia

sua

Isræ

l.N

on f

ecit

tal

iter

om

ni n

atio

ni:

et ju

dici

a su

a no

n m

anif

esta

vit

eis.

Glo

ria

Patr

i et

Fili

o

et S

piri

tui S

anct

o.Si

cut

erat

in p

rinc

ipio

, et

nunc

, et

sem

per,

et

in s

æcu

la s

æcu

loru

m. A

men

.

May

God

hel

p us

, God

the

Fath

er, a

nd th

e So

n,

and

the

Mot

her

on w

hose

sw

eet

nam

e w

eca

ll as

a c

omfo

rt t

o th

e w

retc

hed.

A

men

Tho

u ar

t bl

esse

d, v

irgi

n M

ary,

for

ever

and

eve

r.

Prai

se t

he L

ord,

O J

erus

alem

; pr

aise

thy

God

, O Z

ion.

Fo

r he

hat

h st

reng

then

ed t

he b

ars

of t

hy

gate

s;

he h

ath

bles

sed

thy

child

ren

wit

hin

thee

. H

e m

aket

h pe

ace

in t

hy b

orde

rs,

and

fi lle

th t

hee

wit

h th

e fi n

est

whe

at.

He

send

eth

his

com

man

dmen

t to

the

ear

th;

his

wor

d ru

nnet

h sw

iftl

y.H

e gi

veth

sno

w li

ke w

ool;

he s

catt

eret

h ho

ar fr

ost

like

ashe

s.

He

cast

eth

fort

h hi

s ic

e lik

e m

orse

ls;

befo

re h

is c

old

who

can

sta

nd?

He

send

eth

out h

is w

ord,

and

mel

teth

them

; hi

s sp

irit

blo

ws,

and

the

wat

ers

fl ow.

H

e sh

ewet

h hi

s w

ord

unto

Jac

ob,

his

stat

utes

and

judg

emen

ts t

o Is

ræl.

He

hath

not

dea

lt s

o w

ith

any

nati

on;

and

his j

udgm

ents

he

hath

not

mad

e m

anife

st.

Glo

ry b

e to

the

Fat

her

and

to t

he S

on

an

d to

the

Hol

y Sp

irit

. A

s it

was

in t

he b

egin

ning

, is

now,

and

eve

r sh

all b

e,

wit

hout

end

. Am

en.

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17

Son

at

a S

op

ra

Sa

nc

ta

Ma

ria

Sanc

ta M

aria

, ora

pro

nob

is.

Av

e M

ar

is S

tel

laA

ve m

aris

ste

lla,

D

ei M

ater

alm

a A

tque

sem

per

Vir

go

Feli

x cœ

li p

orta

.

Sum

ens

illu

d A

ve

Gab

riel

is o

re,

Fund

a no

s in

pac

e,

Mut

ans

Evæ

nom

en.

Solv

e vi

ncla

rei

s,

Pro

fer

lum

en c

æci

s,

Mal

a no

stra

pel

le,

Bon

a cu

ncta

pos

ce.

Mon

stra

te

esse

mat

rem

, Su

mat

per

te

prec

es,

Qui

pro

nob

is n

atus

, Tu

lit

esse

tuu

s.

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Mon

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1:23

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1:23

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