First Publication | 1584 in Motettorum ... Liber quartus (Rome: Alessandro Gardano press), no.11 |
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Genre Categories | Motets; For 5 voices; For unaccompanied voices; |
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Work Title | Sicut lilium inter spinas |
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Composer | Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGP 138 |
Key | G Mixolydian mode |
First Publication. | 1584 in Motettorum ... Liber quartus (Rome: Alessandro Gardano press), no.11 |
Librettist | Song of Songs 2:2-3 |
Language | Latin |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Renaissance |
Piece Style | Renaissance |
Instrumentation | 5 voices |
One of two settings of this text by Palestrina, the other being published in 1569 for is first book of motets.