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Pergolesi Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vesper
Pergolesi Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vesper
Pergolesi Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vesper
Pergolesi Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vesper

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Pergolesi Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vesper

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

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Pergolesi Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vesper

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144 West 66th Street
New York NY 10023
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+12127995000

Editor: Bruno, Malcolm / Higginbottom, Edward / Ross, Robert

Orchestral scoring : Coro I:2SSolo/ASolo/TSolo/BSolo/Mixed choir: SSATB/2Ob/2Trp/2Hn/2V/Va/Bc/Coro II:2SSolo/BSolo/Mixed choir: SSATB/2V/Va/Bc

Language(s) of work: L

Language(s) of text: L

Product format: score

Binding: Paperback

Pages / Format: XXIII, 260 - 31,0 x 24,3 cm

In 1732 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi composed a setting of the Vespers in honor of St. Emidius , Naples ’s patron saint and protector against earthquakes. All that has survived are the introit Domine ad adjuvandum and three psalm settings: Dixit Dominus, Laudate and Confitebor .

Malcolm Bruno’s reconstruction consists of Pergolesi’s Hymnus , Magnificat , several short instrumental interpolations, and the contrafactum of a secular cantata for the Salve Regina, thereby presenting a full cross-section of Pergolesi’s artistic evolution. The reconstructed Vespers ranges from the early Confitebor , with its allusions to Vivaldi, to the late Salve Regina with its reminiscences of the famous Stabat Mater; from contrapuntal choral writing to operatic arias; and from the magnificently scored Dixit to the almost intimate Laudate .

The present edition follows the original sources as closely as possible and contains an appendix with detailed notes on performance practice.


- Effective reconstruction of a full-length work
- Cross-section of Pergolesi’s sacred music
- Clear and easy-to-play piano reduction