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In nativitatem Domini canticum : H.416 / Marc-Antoine Charpentier ; edited by Paul Walker.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 158.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 158
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Standardized Title:
- In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.416
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Oratiorios--Scores.
- Oratiorios.
- Motets.
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble--Scores.
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
- Christmas music.
- Genre:
- Motets.
- Christmas music.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xi, 56 pages)).
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.
- Language Note:
- Latin words; also printed separately as text with English translation on pages x-xi.
- Staff notation.
- Summary:
- "This critical edition of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416, is the first ever to appear in print, despite a fine recording by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants in 1983. The piece is variously categorized as an oratorio or dramatic motet and may be Charpentier's finest effort in this genre. Its anonymous libretto brings together an opening "Advent" portion based on Psalm 12:1 with a dramatic retelling of the story of the angels to the shepherds as related in Luke 2. Of special interest is its several instrumental "tone poems" depicting night on the hillside outside Bethlehem, the awakening of the shepherds by the angels, and the "march" of the shepherds to Bethlehem to see the baby Jesus, all exhibiting the inimitable colorfulness and melodic richness so characteristic of French music of the period." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Praeludium
- Chorus Justorum
- Nuit
- Réveil des Bergers
- Chorus Pastorum
- [Récit de l'Ange]
- [Choeur]
- [Pastor]
- Marche des Bergers
- [L'Ange seul avec Choeur]
- Dernier Choeur.
- Notes:
- Dramatic motet (oratorio) for four-part vocal and four-part instrumental ensemble.
- Edited from the holograph in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Rés. Vm'259, fols. 51v-61r).
- Includes introduction and critical report.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed March 15, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1090910150
- Publisher Number:
- B158 A-R Editions, Inc.
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