Magi videntes stellam / The Magi, seeing the star
Amon, Blasius (1560?-1590) [ Austria ]
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
(5 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:
dorian ; aeolian
Duration:
2.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Epiphany
Musicological Sources:
Sacrae cantiones, 1590
Source of text:
Antiphon for Magnificat, 1st Vespers, Epiphany (Tridentine Rite)
