Tenebrae Responsories

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Tenebrae Responsories is a renowned collection of polyphonic sacred choral works for Holy Week by the Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition collection
sacred choral music
associatedComposerNationality Spanish
associatedEvent Good Friday NERFINISHED
Holy Saturday NERFINISHED
Maundy Thursday NERFINISHED
associatedPlace Rome NERFINISHED
associatedWith Office of Lauds NERFINISHED
Office of Matins NERFINISHED
cataloguedAs part of Victoria’s Holy Week music output
composer Tomás Luis de Victoria NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Spain
devotionalFocus Passion of Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
genre Renaissance choral music
polyphonic sacred music
hasInfluenced modern performances of Holy Week music
hasPart Responsories for Good Friday Tenebrae NERFINISHED
Responsories for Holy Saturday Tenebrae NERFINISHED
Responsories for Maundy Thursday Tenebrae NERFINISHED
historicalEra late 16th century
intendedLocation church
intendedPerformers liturgical choir
professional vocal ensemble
keyCharacteristic expressive chromaticism
imitation between voices
rich dissonance treatment
liturgicalDayGroup Triduum
liturgicalFunction meditation on the Passion of Christ
liturgicalUse Tenebrae NERFINISHED
notableFor expressive text setting
intense emotional character
mastery of Renaissance counterpoint
numberOfVoices 4-part
5-part
performancePractice a cappella
period Renaissance NERFINISHED
religiousContext Holy Week NERFINISHED
religiousDenomination Roman Catholic NERFINISHED
sacredOrSecular sacred
style late Renaissance polyphony
textLanguage Latin
textSource Roman Catholic liturgy
textType Responsories
usesTextFrom Holy Week responsories
Lamentations of Jeremiah NERFINISHED
vocalForces choir
vocalTexture polyphonic

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Tomás Luis de Victoria notableWork Tenebrae Responsories