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20027 - Magnificat Sexti Toni

Tomás Luis de Victoria

arranged for 12-piece brass ensemble by Roger Harvey

Difficulty: Medium

Price: £25.00

Programme note:

Victoria was the most pre-eminent Spanish composer of the late 16thj Century, ranking alongside Palestrina and Lassus. He was born in Castille and in 1565, after a rigorous musical education at Avila cathedral, he travelled to Rome. While here, as well as holding prestigious musical posts he became a priest. After 1587 he spent most of his life in Madrid in the service of the church and nobility. His music is exclusively sacred; the style ows much to the Italian style but there is an expressive personality that markls it apart from the more austere style of Palestrina. The Magnificat Sexti Toni is scored for 3 4-part choirs.

Performance note:

The score is in C and laid out for choirs of 2 trumpets and 2 trombones. For some of the low trumpet parts horns may be used. All dynamic and expression marks are editorial and should be considered as suggestions only. They give a reference for performance style if rehearsal time is limited but may be altered at the discretion of the performers.