Jesu, Jesu dulcissime / Jesus, Jesus, most loving Lord
Edition
Ref. :
MGC 25
(4 p.)
, "Music of the great churches. Series 1 : St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Young, Percy M.
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
18th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Motet ; Hymn (sacred)
Mood of the piece:
prayerful ; adagio
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
C minor
Duration:
2.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Good Friday ; Penitence ; Passion
Musicological Sources:
In this edition the clefs have ben modernized, and the early eighteenth century method of indicating the key signature of C minor with only two flats has been normalized to the usual three. All dynamic, tempo, and metronomic markings are editorial, and s