Renaissance — Sacred & secular
Late Renaissance / Early Baroque · 1610

Vespers of 1610 — Magnificat

C. MonteverdiSV 206

Key
G
Time
C
Tempo
♩=72
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Closing Magnificat of Monteverdi's Vespers — virtuoso vocal solos + double-choir.

Teaching points

  • Virtuoso solo writing
  • Double-choir antiphony
  • AO3: 1610 stylistic crossroads
Full score ↓Public domain

1610 first ed + Bärenreiter urtext, PD.

Topic T9Topic T1