John Rutter Magnificat Pdf

While the Magnificat text (Mary's song of praise from the Gospel of Luke) has been set to music for centuries, Rutter’s version is one of the few "extended" settings since J.S. Bach's 1723 masterpiece. Rutter took direct inspiration from Bach, not only in the work's scale but also in the use of . He weaves an anonymous 15th-century English poem, "Of a Rose, a lovely Rose," and the "Sanctus" (set to Gregorian chant) into the traditional Latin liturgy.

John Rutter Magnificat PDF

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