First Publication | 1575 in Motettorum, Liber 3 (Scotto press, Venice) |
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Genre Categories | Motets; For 8 voices; For unaccompanied voices; |
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Work Title | Ave Regina coelorum à 8 |
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Composer | Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGP 112 |
Key | F Ionian mode |
First Publication. | 1575 in Motettorum, Liber 3 (Scotto press, Venice) |
Librettist | Concluding antiphone after each hour in the Liturgy of the Hours, from the Feast of the Presentation until Maundy Thursday. |
Language | Latin |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Renaissance |
Piece Style | Renaissance |
Instrumentation | 2 mixed choruses (SATB/SATB) |