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Vespro della Beata Vergine

work by Monteverdi

Also known as: “Vespers”

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relation to canonical hours

In canonical hours
With Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers (1610), a new style emerges. Orchestrally inspired church services revolutionized the polyphonic tradition of ecclesiastical music.
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