Vespro Della Beata Vergine ‘Marienvesper’

Scholarly-critical Urtext edition orientated towards performance practice.Detailed critical commentary (Eng) in the full score.Movements 10, 13 and 14 are included in their original high clef in the appendix of the fullscore.These movements are also available with Piano reduction as print-on-demand.Claudio Monteverdi’s “Vespro della Beata Vergine” is without doubt one of the most popular sacred works of the 17th century. Apart from the manyavailable recordings, it is frequently performed in its entirety or in parts. The Urtext edition of this well-known work has unusual origins. It originated from a graduate seminar at the University of North Texas, underthedirection of the Monteverdi specialist Hendrik Schulze.The result is an edition which combines the latest in musicological research specifically with the needs of the performer in mind. This has led, for instance, to adivergent evaluation of the “Lauda Jerusalem” oriented towards performance practice, with numerous additional accidentals and a new interpretation of the melodic variants from the different part books.These new musical andperformance practice insights make a modern interpretation of this 400-year-old work possible.Full score & performance material available for sale.