Beata viscera / Blessed is the womb
Byrd, William (1543?-1623) [ Great Britain ; England ]
Edition
Published by
Chester Music Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1989
; in Christmas & Advent motets for 5 voices
, ; in Twelfth Chester book of motets
(45 p.)
Ref. :
CH55262
(3 p.)
, "Chester book of motets"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Petti, Anthony G.
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
ISMN/ISBN :
0-7119-2060-5
Description
Text in:
Latin
Epoque:
16 ; 17th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Motet ; Sacred
Type of Choir:
SAATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
Hypoaeolian ; D major
Duration:
1.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas ; Matins ; Response ; Marian Feasts ; Marian antiphon
Musicological Sources:
11th motet in Gradualia, book 1
Source of text:
7th responsory, Matins of Christmas
