Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence/ Motets for the season of lent .-
Vinea mea electa
(1938)
Répons du Vendredi-Saint; 1° nocturne
( Vine that I have loved as my own )
... To Yvonne Gouverné ...
Edition
Ref. :
Sal. 17
(8 p.)
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Copyright :
Rouart-Lerolle et Cie, 1946; Editions Salabert, 1962
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
20th century
(1930-1939)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Motet ; Neo-classical
Mood of the piece:
melancholic ; tender ; slow
Type of Choir:
SAATBB (6 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
D
Tonality:
C sharp major
Duration:
3.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Lent ; Holy Week ; Good Friday
Musicological Sources:
Date of composition is given as 1939 on title page, but Poulenc noted "Noisay, December 1938" at the end of the composition.
Biblical references:
Jeremiah :
2, 21