Ave nobilissima creatura (Josquin des Prez)

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CPDL #24288:   

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2011-08-28).   Score information: Letter, 22 pages, 588 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: Werken van Josquin des Prés, ed. A. Smijers, Leipsig, 1938. We have raised the notation a fourth from the original and halved the time values. Score is SAAATB, but 4th part can be sung by altos or tenors. Translation, text underlay and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers, 20 Jun 2010.

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Title: Ave nobilissima creatura
Composer: Josquin des Prez

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Motet printed by Petrucci in 1519, Junta in 1527: Motetti de la Corona, Libro tertio.

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