The Italian School For 4 Voices-The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces some of which are published for the first time.Allappear in completely new editions by Anthony G. Petti.

The Italian And Spanish Schools For 6 Voices-The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces some of which are published for the first time.Allappear in completely new editions by Anthony G. Petti.

The German School For 4 Voices-The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces some of which are published for the first time.Allappear in completely new editions by Anthony G. Petti.

Christmas And Advent Motets For 5 Voices-A comprehensive series of Latin motets from the Renaissance period combining old favourites with lesser known works. This volume include works by Robert Ramsey Byrd Palestrina and Peter Philips.

The English School For 5 Voices-The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces some of which are published for the first time.Allappear in completely new editions by Anthony G. Petti.

The English School For 4 Voices-The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces some of which are published for the first time.Allappear in completely new editions by Anthony G. Petti.

The Italian And Spanish Schools For 5 Voices-The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces some of which are published for the first time.Allappear in completely new editions by Anthony G. Petti.

Palestrina is one of the towering figures of late Renaissance church music whose polyphonic compositions remain actively performed in the Choral repertoire. He composed more than 250 motets. This one Assumpta Est Maria for theFeast of the Assumption is of particular interest.In 1545 the Council of Trent set out to reform various practices in the Roman Catholic Church in defense of the threats of the new Protestant movement. Clarity of scripturalwords was one of the issues at stake especially as the polyphonic style of which Palestrina was a master overlaid many Vocal lines creating complex textures. It is debated whether this motet with a newfound clarity oflanguage was written in response to the Council of Trent or if it predated the Counterreformation and sprung with its innovations entirely from Palestrina’s own fertile creativity. This edition was prepared from the Vaticanchoirbook contemporary with the composer’s life. It is scored for Cantus I and II Alto Tenor I and II and Bass with rehearsal Piano accompaniment.