Głos jasny

Beside masses and litanies, Vespers formed the core of the repertory of many cathedral, collegiate and monastery chapels. A fixed group of five psalms and the canticle Magnificat were set for varoius festivities of the liturgical year. The cycle Vesperae Dominicales by Perneckher contains settings of six psalms: Dixit Dominus 110 (109), Confitebor 111 (110), Beatus vir 112 (111), Laudate pueri 113 (112), In exitu 114 (113), Laudate Dominum 117 (116) ant the canticle Magnificat. A suitable selection of the movements makes it possible to perform the compositions during Sunday festivities (Psalms 110 - 114 and the Magnificat) or on the feasts of the Apostoles and Evangelists, Martyrs and Confessors (Psalms 110 - 113, 117 amd the Magnificat). In the musical realization of the text Perneckher adheres to the technical solutions of the day. The simultaneous presentation of two, or - more seldom - three or four psalm half-verses or verses is a fairly frequent practice, the comprehensibility of the text being considerably limited as a result. This approach is a manifestation of the new aesthetics, in which the musical factor becomes pre-eminent. In harmonic practice, the vesper cycle Vesperae Dominicales has clear features of the classical style. The whole is shaped on the basis of the major - minor system with the predominance of bright tonal references.

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Vesperae Dominicales (Perneckher Franciszek)