Nunc scio vere

Wacław z Szamotuł (1520?-1560?) [ Poland ]

Text by Johannes Damascenus (675?-749) [Syria]
Edition
Published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne [Poland] , 1993 ; in Motet (58 p.)
Ref. : PWM 8727  (2 p.) , "Musica Antiqua Polonica-The Renaissance- Vocal music"
Editor or author of the restitution: Pozniak,Piotr
Type of material: Full score
Copyright : PWM Edition, Cracow, Poland
ISMN/ISBN : ISBN 83-224-3139-8
Other titles on the same score: 13 other motets
 
Description
Text in: Latin
Epoque: 16th century  (1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form: Motet ; Sacred ; Renaissance ; Polyphony ; Antiphon
Mood of the piece: andante cantabile ; contemplative ; calm
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: modal
Duration: 1.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Doxology ; Introit ; Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul
Number of verses: 4
Musicological Sources: photocopies of fols. 7v-8r of a lost manuscript organ tablature from the end of the 16th c., also called "Polinski's tablature", stored in the Royal Castle in Warsaw up to World War II.
Biblical references: Acts : 12, 11