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Egredimini carissimi a 8
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Egredimini carissimi a 8 by Cesare Gussago — Lyrics
Egredimini carissimi et videte pulcherrimam inter filias Jerusalem
viderunt eam filiæ Sion et beatissimam prædicaverunt,
et Reginam laudaverunt eam.
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About Egredimini carissimi a 8
Cesare Gussago's Egredimini carissimi is written for double choir (SATB.SATB), offering a rich palette of sonic possibilities. The composer crafts an intricate polyphonic texture, with the two choirs often interacting antiphonally, creating moments of grand declamation and delicate interplay. The Latin text, a Marian text, draws on the Song of Songs for its opening imagery, describing the beauty of the daughters of Jerusalem. It then turns to direct address, invoking the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven, crowned above the angelic choirs and interceding for us. Gussago's setting effectively conveys the devotional and celebratory nature of the words.
