Musica Scotica Vol IV: Five Cantatas by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik (Instrumental parts) [download]

Musica Scotica Vol IV: Five Cantatas by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik (Instrumental parts) [download]

edited by Kenneth Elliott

The Musica Scotica Trust, 2005

Instrumental parts in five separate pdf files, compressed into single .zip file.

Musica Scotica is a series of scholarly editions of Early Scottish Music, published under the general editorship of Dr Kenneth Elliott. Volume IV contains five cantatas by a young member of the Scottish aristocracy doing the Grand Tour, composed in 1697-9 as a result of his visit to Rome, where he studied with Corelli and Pasquini. Amatory, sacred, festive and political texts are set in baroque style ?for Soprano, two violins (one with additional viola) and continuo, and are now published for the first time in a complete edition.

Contents

1. Dic mihi, saeve puer: Violin 1 (5pp), Violin 2 (5pp), Cello (8pp).

2. Eheu! quam diris hominis: Violin 1 (5pp), Violin 2 (5pp), Bassoon / Cello (9pp).

3. Miserere mei (Psalm 51): Violin 1 (8pp), Violin 2 (8pp), Viola (8pp), Bassoon or Cello (11pp)

4. Odo di mesto intorno: Violin 1 (10pp); Violin 2 (10pp); Cello (13pp).

5. Leo Scotiae irritatus: Violin 1 (5pp), Violin 2 (5pp), Cello (7pp).

To purchase (a hard copy of) the score of the Five Cantatas, go here.