Tu es Petrus / You are Peter

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi (1525?-1594) [ 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  (1500-1599)
Genre-Style-Form: Motet ; Sacred
Type of Choir: SSATBB  (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: F tonal center ; modal
Duration: 3.0 min.
Liturgical Use: Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul ; Ordination ; Dedication of a church
Biblical references: Matthew : 16:18-19
Source of text: Antiphon for St. Peter and St. Paul (Tridentine Rite)