Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era

Marianna von Martines
Dixit Dominus
Edited by Irving Godt

C 48	ISBN 0-89579-384-9	(1997) xiii+93 pp.	$38.00
	ISBN 978-0-89579-384-3 (13-digit)
C 48P	Parts		$36.00

Marianna von Martines (1744-1812) was highly regarded in her day as a composer of various kinds of music. She studied with Haydn, Bonno, and Porpora and, under the sponsorship of the renowned Padre Martini, became the first woman to be elected in any capacity to the Accademia Filarmonica Honorata. She composed the Dixit Dominus (1774) as her contribution in response to her election. This publication is the first critical edition of the Dixit Dominus, and the introduction by Irving Godt includes transcriptions of letters between Martines and Martini that deal with this work.

Music Sample

Parts 

fl. 1, 2; ob. 1, 2; tpt. 1, 2; timp.; vn. 1; vn. 2; va.; b.c.

CONTENTS:

Dixit Dominus
     I.  Dixit Dominus (tutti instrs., SSATB) 135mm. Allegro spirituoso
    II.  Virgam virtutis tuae (fl. 1,2; vn. 1,2; vla.; b.c.; SA solo) 101mm. Andante
  III.  Tecum principium (fl.; vn. 1,2; vla.; b.c.; A solo) 83mm. [Andante]
  IV.  Juravit Dominus (ob. 1,2; vn. 1,2; vla.; b.c.; SSATB) 87mm. Adagio
    V.  Dominus a dextris tuis (ob. 1,2; vn. 1,2; vla.; b.c.; SATB solo alts. with SATB tutti) 134mm. [Andante moderato]
  VI.  Gloria Patri (vn. 1,2; vla.; b.c.; SSATB) 22mm. [Lento]
VII.  Et in saecula (tutti instrs.; SSATB) 54mm. [Moderato]