"Pois con tanta graça" – Portuguese a 6 by Gaspar Fernandes – Full Score

Title: "Pois con tanta graça" – Portuguese a 6 by Gaspar Fernandes – Full Score

Composer: Gaspar Fernandes (ca. 1566–1629)

Description:

Step into the vibrant soundscape of early 17th-century Hispanic polyphony with this elegant 6-part Portuguese villancico by Gaspar Fernandes, chapel master at the cathedrals of Guatemala and Puebla de los Ángeles.

"Pois con tanta graça" is a joyous and rhythmically engaging piece composed in a blend of Renaissance and early Baroque idioms. This edition is based on the manuscript preserved in the Musical Archive of the Cathedral of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Scoring:

Soprano I

Soprano II

Alto

Tenor I

Tenor II

Bass

This a cappella score (12 pages) is ideal for chamber choirs, early music ensembles, and researchers interested in the vibrant sacred and vernacular traditions of early viceregal Hispanic music.

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