Tempo
Victoria - O magnum mysterium
Sheet music for flute
| Alt. Title: | In Circumcisione Domini |
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| Info: | O Magnum Mysterium is a responsorial chant from the Matins of Christmas. A great number of composers have reworked the chant into a contemporary setting. |
| Date: | 1572 |
| Artist: | Tomás Luis de Victoria |
| Born: | 1548, Sanchidrián |
| Died: | 20 August 1611, Madrid |
| The artist: | Tomás Luis de Victoria was the most famous composer in 16th-century Spain, and was one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an accomplished organist and singer as well as a Catholic priest. However, he preferred the life of a composer to that of a performer. |
| Instrument: | Flute |
| Key: | Bb major |
| Range: | G4 - G5 |
| Time signature: | 2/2 |
| Tempo: | 50 BPM |
| Duration: | 2:50 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Style: | Classical |