Crux fidelis. Manuscript musical setting for 4 voices in score. Italian, first half of the 17th century

by Vocal Music - Sacred - Early 17th Century

$1,350 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Large oblong octavo ca. 163 x 225 mm . 2 pp. Notated in ink on 4 six-line staves per page of a bifolium. With early ownership signature to foot of first page of music. Minor spotting and browning. Crux fidelis is a hymn sung on Good Friday. This setting presents a small portion of what may be a larger composition, five phrases of music for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices. The first two phrases of music are composed in a homophonic

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