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Alto. Harmonia d'affetti devoti a due, tre, e quatro voci consagrata all'altezza serenissima del signor prencipe Alessandro Farnesi di Parma, da Giovanni Legrenzi, primo organista di S. Maria Maggiore di Bergamo et accademico eccitato. Libro primo, opera terza.

Legrenzi, Giovanni (1626-1690) · 1655 · Vincenti, Alessandro, imprimeur-libraire et éditeur de musique (15..-166.?) (Venezia) · 2 pictures

A 1655 Venetian partbook of sacred motets by Giovanni Legrenzi, organist at Bergamo, printed by Alessandro Vincenti and dedicated to a Farnese prince, set for two to four voices. Its pages show dense five-line staff notation with black noteheads, text underlaid beneath the notes, and a large decorated initial A with foliate ornament, offering a designer clean rhythmic line patterns and a historic display letterform.

Musique · Motets -- Parties -- 17e siècle · Genre musical : motet

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