Monteverdis Vespers of 1610 with La Fonte Musica

Thus begins the penultimate of the thirteen movements that make up Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, Vespers for the Blessed Virgin, composed by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. The hymn Ave maris stella has been popular since the Middle Ages and has been used by a number of composers over the centuries, from Palestrina to Grieg and MacMillan. When Monteverdi set to music in 1610 the prayer that describes Mary as the star of the sea – stella maris – he may have had ulterior motives for his choice. The phenomenon of praying to Mary as a guiding star above the waves of stormy seas was particularly widespread in coastal cities. In Monteverdi’s case, he may have had his sights set on one particular one: Venice.

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