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Martin Smolka (*1959) Per divina bellezza

4 Chants for Vocal Sextet 2011 Duration: 24'

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Awarded the German Music Edition Prize 2019

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ChB 5342 | €15.90€17.01

52 pages | 23 x 30,5 | 211 g | ISMN: 979-0-004-41272-5 | Saddle Stitch

“These chants may be performed separately as well, or in pairs. They are related to madrigals and motets by Adrian Willaert, which were set to the same texts. In Willaert’s collection Musica Nova (1559), quite unusually when comparing the period practice, the madrigals on Petrarca were printed beside motets on Latin sacred texts. The unusual inspiring idea to write new vocal music related to Willaert by pairing Petrarca and sacred texts was proposed by ensemble Singer Pur, who commissioned this piece.”

(Martin Smolka)   

1. Aspro core (Francesco Petrarca)
2. Veni Sancte Spiritus
3. In qual parte del ciel (Francesco Petrarca)
4. Alma Redemptoris Mater