for SATTB and organ continuo Sweelinck's setting of the Beatitudes is suitable for any Saint's day or the commemoration of the faithful departed. For the words 'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake', Sweelinck used a powerful chain of suspensions over a rising bass.
ISBN: | 9780193950207 |
Publication date: | 26th November 2009 |
Author: | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Format: | Sheet music |
Pagination: | 16 pages |
Series: | Church Music Society publications |
Genres: |
Sacred and religious music Choral music |