The Magnificat, in Latin also canticum Beat(issim)ae Virginis Mariae (the song of the (most) Blessed Virgin Mary), is a common part of Christian worship, for instance traditionally included in vespers, evensong or matins.[1][2] As such it is often sung and was set to music by various composers.
^Lowther Clarke 1922.
^Taft 1986, p. 128.
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various composers. In Gregorian chant the Magnificat is sung according to the eight traditional psalm tones: Tonus I (first tone): Magnificat primi toni...
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Johann Sebastian Bach's vocal music includes cantatas, motets, masses, Magnificats, Passions, oratorios, four-part chorales, songs and arias. His instrumental...
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However, part of its content was lost and only 64 works have survived, a few of them incomplete. They consist of: 54 motets 9 Magnificats 1 Passion The...
such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Alessandro Poglietti, French composers, and the composersof the Nuremberg tradition. He preferred a lucid, uncomplicated...
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and infrequently performed composersof the era. Magnificat has particularly championed and performed music by women composers Francesca Caccini, Isabella...
ascription of the piece is questioned ! denotes that the composition is, apparently, lost Similarly to catalogues of works by most early music composers, Pachelbel's...
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felt in the next generation of early Romantic composers. When Abraham's son Felix, aged 13, produced his first Magnificat setting in 1822, it is clear...
Church. From Late Antiquity onwards, the office of vespers normally included psalms, the Magnificat, a hymn, and other prayers. By the Early Middle Ages...
the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah are amongst his most important settings. His Magnificat achieved popularity partly because of its misattribution...
purpose. Many composers have set the text to music, usually coupled in the Anglican church with the Magnificat, as both the Magnificat and the Nunc dimittis...
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Gloucester Cathedral, also known as the Gloucester Service, is a setting by the English composer Herbert Howells of the...
British composer Herbert Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983). Dedications Missa Sine Nomine (Mass in the Dorian Mode) (1912) Magnificat and Nunc...
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