Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus a 4

Ref.

BWV deest BC *

Latin Title

Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus a 4
or Missa sopra la Cantilena Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
(from Masses Book I)

English Title

Event

Mass

Composed

Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in honour of his patron, Pope Julius III.
Published with a dedication to Julius in Palesrina's Missarum liber primus (Masses Book I) in Rome in 1554 by Valerio and Alysio Dorico.
Arranged by J.S. Bach by adding bass and instruments and performed by him in Leipzig c1745

Text

Latin Mass

Latin Text | Translations: English-3

Scoring

Soloists: SATB
Orchestra:

Score

References

BGA: | NBA: | BC: | First Published:

Commentary

AMG

Music

Music Examples

Comments

Source: Barbara Wiermann, ‘Bach und Palestrina - Neue Quellen aus Johann Sebastian Bachs Notenbibliothek’, Bach-Jahrbuch (2002), 9-25.

Discussions

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G.P.d. Palestrina: Missarum Liber Primus [P-1]

G.P.d. Palestrina: Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus [36:39]

Roberto Gabbiani

Coro Polifonico dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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Fone 033

2003

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (May 2010)

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