Justorum animae / The souls of the just

Lassus, Roland de (1532?-1594) [ Belgium ; Franco-Flemish ]

Edition
Published by Chester Music Ltd. [Great Britain] , 1980 ; in The eleventh Chester book of motets , ; in The Flemish and German Schools for 5 voices (45 p.)
Ref. : 55261  (4 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: SSATB  (5 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Instrumental ensemble (ad lib)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: ionian
Duration: 3.0 min.
Liturgical Use: All Souls ; All Saints ; Martyrs
Musicological Sources: Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum, Adam Berg, 1582
Biblical references: Wisdom : 3:1-3
Source of text: Offertory for All Saints and Common of Martyrs (Tridentine Rite)