Exaudi Domine / Listen, Lord

( Exaudi Domine, justitiam meam ; Listen, Lord, to my just plea )

Gabrieli, Giovanni (1557?-1612) [ Italy ]

Edition
Published by Chester Music Ltd. [Great Britain] , 1982 ; in The fourteenth Chester book of motets , ; in The Italian and Spanish Schools for 6 voices (44 p.)
Ref. : 55418  (7 p.) , "Chester book of motets"
Editor or author of the restitution: Petti, Anthony G.
Type of material: Full score
 
Description
Text in: Latin
Epoque: 16th century  (1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form: Motet ; Sacred ; Psalm
Type of Choir: SSAATB  (6 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Instrumental ensemble (ad lib)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: G major ; A major ; A minor ; mixolydian ; aeolian
Duration: 3.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Penitence
Biblical references: Psalms : 17:1-2
Source of text: Psalm for 2nd nocturn, matins of St. Laurence (Tridentine Rite)