Peccantem me quotide / The fear of death frightens me
Merulo, Claudio (1533-1604) [ 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
(6 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
Type of Choir:
SSAATB (6 mixed voices )
Instrumentation:
Instrumental ensemble (ad lib)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
G major ; G minor
Duration:
3.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Penitence ; Funeral service
Musicological Sources:
Il primo libro de mottetti a sei voci, Gardano, Venice, 1583
Source of text:
7th Respond, Matins, Office of the Dead (Tridentine Rite)
