Facta est cum angelo / With the angel suddenly
Edition
Ref. :
MW 13
(7 p.)
, "Nine centuries of music by women"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Carruthers-Clement, Ann
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
16th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Motet ; Sacred ; Baroque ; Antiphon
Type of Choir:
SAATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
D minor ; D major
Duration:
1.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas Vigil
Musicological Sources:
Aleotti, Raffaella. Sacrae cantiones quinque, septem, octo, et decem decantande (Venice: R. Amadino, 1593)
Biblical references:
Luke :
2, 13-14
Source of text:
Feast of the Nativity: 4th antiphon at Lauds; 1st responsory at Matins