Gaude virgo (John Sheppard)
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- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2019-02-15). Score information: A4, 26 pages, 668 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the surviving early manuscripts. Transposed up a fourth from the "low clef" compasses. Note values halved. Missing portions of the Treble voice reconstructed by the editor. A critical commentary is appended to the score.
General Information
Title: Gaude virgo
Composer: John Sheppard
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Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTBarB with divisions
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Gaude virgo is the only large-scale votive antiphon by Sheppard to survive in more than a fragmentary state. Even this has not survived unscathed. All the necessary voice parts survive for the reduced-voice sections, but the full choir sections lack the Treble part. It is unfortunate that it is such a prominent voice part that is incomplete, but the quality of the work justifies an attempt at completion.
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