Dixit Dominus (Score) Norbert Dufourcq fondatore nel 1975 dell’Accademia di

fondatore nel 1975 dell’Accademia di Musica Italiana per Organo

it was composed consciously in the stile antico

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Songs have been chosen whose texts still speak to us today: songs that evoke nature

Both parts of the cantata end with a chorale movement with different verses from the Lutheran hymn “Es woll uns Gott genädig sein”

Dixit Dominus (Score) Norbert Dufourcq fondatore nel 1975 dell’Accademia diThese psalm settings are in the tradition of classical vocal polyphony as practiced in the modified a cappella style of the 17 th century (stylus gravis). Characteristic of this style is the continuo line, which generally doubles the vocal bass, only occasionally functioning independently. Despite its closeness to the tradition of the a cappella style, Carissimi proves in this psalm to be a master of the artistic expression of words, which