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Taeggio, Giovanni Domenico: Tota pulchra es

for 8 voices or instruments in 2 choirs.

Like the same composer´s Cantate Domino, already published in this series (EML 202), Tota pulchra es comes from his Canzoni a 4 & 8 voci of 1605. And like Cantate Domino, and one more piece (Quemadmodum desiderat), it deliberately opposes vocal and instrumental styles; in all three pieces the second choir is texted, and has music that moves in an predominantly vocal style, while the first choir is untexted, and has music that mostly derives from the the canzon da sonar; however, as the piece develops the music of the two choirs begins to converge.
In this edition the original note values have been retained. Editorial accidentals appear printed small above the stave, applying to the one note only. The original accidentals are taken as applying to the whole bar, for the sake of simplicity.
This piece sounds very fine with a small vocal group in choir 2 and a quartet of stringed or wind instruments in choir 1. However, it can also work very well as a purely instrumental piece, provided the instruments are chosen to underline the contrast between the two choirs: for example, strings in choir 1, and cornetto and trombones in choir 2, or recorders in choir 1, and curtals in choir 2.