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Ave Vera Virginitas


Ildhafn Music Catalogue [1]   ~   Crescent Isles Dance-music [2]


Date: 
1450-1521
Discussion: 

We chose this as both tenor and bass lines are rather high, so it can be sung by SAAT as well as by SATB.

Sound: 

A couple of recordings we've enjoyed, on YouTube:

  • Hilliard Ensemble [3]. Gorgeous, not quite the same tenor line as us (esp. the cadence before the change of metre).
  • The Queen's Nightingales [4]. This version really brings out the canon in the soprano and tenor lines. 
Composer: 
Josquin
Sheet Music: 

We're using the Big Lochac Snogbook [5] (page 15).

We might well sing it up a tone (in C, instead of B-flat). It's in a reasonable range for us at either pitch, but with a woman singing the tenor line the lovely canon might stand out a little more if the tenor line is not too low.

We usually singing the first section (in 3/4) twice through, then slow down a little for the 4/4 section, and slow again for the final "amen". Watch the conductor!

Parts: 
SATB

Music Categories:

  • Singing [6]
Latin

Source URL: https://ildhafn.lochac.sca.org/node/1017

Links
[1] http://ildhafn.lochac.sca.org/music
[2] http://ildhafn.lochac.sca.org/dance_music
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq5sZr8RICw
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8osQtyTGmIs
[5] http://moralezbeaumont.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/the-lochac-snogbook-including-its-appendages1.pdf
[6] https://ildhafn.lochac.sca.org/taxonomy/term/34