Guerau: Pasión según San Juan
The Passion According to St. John
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Shipping Policy- Composer: Miguel de Guerau (1578-1639)
- Editor: José Sierra Pérez
- Format: Full Score
- Instrumentation: SATB Choir
- Work Language: Latin
- ISBN:
- Size: 8.3 x 11.6 inches
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
The complete works of Fray Miguel de Guerau (1578-1639), a Hieronymite monk at the Monastery of San Miguel de los Reyes in Valencia, are preserved at the Hieronymite Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Until now, none of his works have been published, despite the unique nature of some of them, especially the Introits with plainchant and the Passion , which is now being published.
The Passion according to St. John, for 4 and 6 voices, with the polyphonic chant of the Processus for 4 voices, is unique not only in the Escorial monastery but throughout Castile, where, unlike in Aragon, it was not customary to sing the Processus— that is, the Chronicler , who narrates the events of the Passion—in polyphony. It was more common for only short texts belonging to some of the characters (Pilate, the Pope, the Servants, etc.) to be sung in polyphony. The polyphony of the Processus and that of these characters (the Crowd ) are very different and are therefore found in separate books. Interspersed with these two different polyphonies is the Cantus Passionis in plainchant, which is the part sung by Christ.
This edition presents these three sources in a single volume, greatly facilitating interpretation for different groups of singers. This single-volume presentation is a first and represents a complete publishing innovation. It includes the original Cantus Passionis , without any transcription, plus the two polyphonic works presented differently in their transcription and in the contrast between the ink intensity. The aim is to contribute to the study of this genre of music, which has been scarcely published or studied in Spain despite its long tradition.
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Guerau: Pasión según San Juan
