Descendi in hortum meum

I went down into my garden

Composer(s): Rore, Cyprien de (1516-1565) [ Belgium ; Franco-Flemish ]

Adaptor of the text: White, Jeremy [Great Britain]

Edition

Published by Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 2009

Number of pages : 13

Editor or author of the restitution: Steele, Francis

Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only

ISMN/ISBN : 9780193804920

Description

Text in: Latin + adapted in English

Epoque: 16th century

Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Motet ; Canticle

Mood of the piece: broad

Type of Choir: SSAATBB (7 mixed voices )

Instrumentation: Piano (1 instrumental part(s))

Instruments: Piano (1)

Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4

Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): D

Tonality: E flat major

Duration: 4.5 min.

Musicological Sources: Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus.Ms.B, n°1.

Biblical references: Song of Songs : vi:10.12

Source of text: Cantique des Cantiques, vs 10-12, (Vulgate)

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