Luigi Cherubini (1760 – 1842) was an Italian composer
who spent most of his working life in France. His most
significant compositions are operas and sacred music.
Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his
contemporaries.
Cherubini was born Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore
Cherubini in Florence. There is uncertainty about his
exact date of birth. Although 14 September is sometimes
stated, evidence from baptismal records and Cherubini
himself suggests the 8th is correct. Pe...(+)
Luigi Cherubini (1760 – 1842) was an Italian composer
who spent most of his working life in France. His most
significant compositions are operas and sacred music.
Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his
contemporaries.
Cherubini was born Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore
Cherubini in Florence. There is uncertainty about his
exact date of birth. Although 14 September is sometimes
stated, evidence from baptismal records and Cherubini
himself suggests the 8th is correct. Perhaps the
strongest evidence is his first name, Maria, which is
traditional for a child born on 8 September, feast-day
of the Nativity of the Virgin. His instruction in music
began at the age of six with his father, Bartolomeo,
maestro al cembalo ("Master of the harpsichord", in
other words, ensemble leader from the harpsichord).
Considered a child prodigy, Cherubini studied
counterpoint and dramatic style at an early age. By the
time he was thirteen, he had composed several religious
works.
Lauda Sion Salvatorem is a sequence prescribed for the
Roman Catholic Mass of Corpus Christi. It was written
by St. Thomas Aquinas around 1264, at the request of
Pope Urban IV for the new Mass of this Feast, along
with Pange lingua, Sacris solemniis, and Verbum
supernum, which are used in the Divine Office. As with
St. Thomas' other three Eucharistic hymns, the last few
stanzas are often used alone, in this case, the "Ecce
panis Angelorum".
Lauda Sion is one of only four medieval Sequences which
were preserved in the Missale Romanum published in 1570
following the Council of Trent (1545-63). It is still
sung today.
"Lauda Sion Salvatorem" ("Praise, O Zion, praise thy
Saviour") was originally written for Chorus (SA) and
Organ. I created this arrangement for Violin, Viola &
Acoustic Piano.
PARTITION