Cover of Giovanni Paisiello: Magnificat, Vocal Score edited by Pierluigi Mazzoni, DV 22082

First music page of Paisiello’s Magnificat vocal score for two tenors, bass and organ or harpsichord, DV 22082

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Giovanni Paisiello: Magnificat, per 2 Tenori e Basso, violini e basso continuo [Vocal Score]

DV 22082A4 - PaperbackBass, Harpsichord, Organ, Tenor

15.90€

ComposersGiovanni PaisielloBiographies

Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816) was an Italian composer whose operas helped shape European musical theatre in the late eighteenth century. Born in Taranto, he trained at the Conservatorio di Sant’Onofrio in Naples before receiving his first operatic commissions in Bologna in 1764.

He returned to Naples in 1766, writing comic operas for the Teatro Nuovo and Teatro dei Fiorentini as well as serious works for the Teatro di San Carlo. From 1776 to 1784, he served Catherine II in St Petersburg, where he composed Il barbiere di Siviglia (1782). His music was performed widely across Europe.

After returning to Italy, Paisiello continued his career at the Neapolitan court. Among his best-known works are La serva padrona, Il re Teodoro in Venezia and Nina, o sia La pazza per amore. In 1802 he moved to Paris to direct Napoleon’s chapel, returning to Naples in 1804.

Alongside his operas, he wrote sacred music, keyboard concertos and chamber works. His instrumental music reveals the same lyrical clarity and sensitivity to musical dialogue that distinguish his writing for the stage.

About this edition

This vocal score of Giovanni Paisiello’s Magnificat in C major presents the three vocal parts—two tenors and bass—with accompaniment for organ or harpsichord. Edited by Pierluigi Mazzoni, it provides a keyboard reduction of the work originally scored for voices, violins and basso continuo.

The edition is based on manuscript performing parts preserved in the library of the Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella in Naples, under the shelfmark Casa reale 77.1.6 (123–142). Mazzoni’s introductory study discusses Paisiello’s life and sacred music, the manuscript sources, and the editorial treatment of the Latin text.

The volume includes an Italian introduction, notes on the work and editorial method, the Latin canticle with an Italian translation, a bibliography and a reproduction of a manuscript page.

Edition
Edited by Pierluigi Mazzoni. Vocal score for two tenors, bass and organ or harpsichord. A4 paperback, 32 pages. Vocal text in Latin.