Magnificat in C major
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Orchestra soprano voice solo, SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo - Grade 3
SKU: CA.4047000
Composed by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Edited by Thomas Kohlhase. Arranged by Wolfgang Horn. This edition: Paperbound. German title: Magnificat in C. Sacred vocal music, Magnificat, Advent, Christmas, Mary, Liturgia Horarum. Score. ZWV 107. 40 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.470/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4047000).ISBN M-007-06956-8. Key: C-major. Language: Latin.
The "Magnificat" presented here is taken from the psalm collection that Zelenka compiled in 1735. Most of these "psalmi varii", that also include settings by other composers, appartenly go back to compositions that Zelenka had performed in the Dresden Court Church in the mid-1720s.