ANCIENT GROOVE MUSIC

Crucixus 8vv
from the Credo in F
Edited by
Ben Byram-Wigeld

Antonio Lotti
(1667 - 1740)

Sources: Schsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden Mus.2159-D-5: MS of complete Credo in F, in an Italian hand on Venetian paper.
Prague Cathedral Archive 858: 18th century ms in score of the Credo as part of an entire mass for choir, strings and continuo. The
original key signature has only one flat; E and A flats in the score have therefore been subsumed into the key signature. The major
editorial task is adjusting the figures for the revised key signature and expanding the bass. Cautionary accidentals and commas are
editorial.

Soprano 1

Soprano 2

bb b ca tempo giusto
&

b
&bb c

Cru

Alto 1

b
&bb c

b
&bb c

Cru

Tenor 1

b
Vbb c

Cru

Tenor 2

b
Vbb c

Bass 1

? bb c
b

? bb c
b

Cru - ci - fix

b b ca tempo giusto
b
&
ww
w
w
ww

? bb c w
b

7
5

6
5

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us,

w
9

us,

us,

#
-

ci - fix -

cru -

7
5

n w

#w

#w

cru -

us,

n w

.
-

cru

nw

nw

us,

ww

.
-

n
-

ci - fix

Cru - ci - fix

Bass 2

Cru

ci - fix

ci - fix

nw

ci -

Cru - ci - fix -

Alto 2

- ci -

A
w
w

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8
S1

b
&bb
Cru

S2

b
&bb

fix - us,

cru

b
Vbb w

cru

n
-

ci - fix

cru - ci - fix - us e - ti - am pro no

fix

us,

n
n

n ww
w

? bb w
b w

9
8

7
5

9
6
4

cru - ci - fix - us

e - ti - am pro no

w
8
5

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bis,

cru - ci - fix - us

us,

w
-

cru - ci - fix - us e - ti - am pro no

b
& b b www

us,

us,

bis,

cru - ci - fix - us

fix

us,

n n nw

us,

e - ti - am pro no - bis,

w
-

n
cru - ci - fix - us

# w
-

cru - ci - fix - us

us,

ci

us,

nw

ci

ci - fix

b w
fix

n n
-

? bb w
b
? bb

ci - fix

us,

B2

cru

B1

cru

b
Vbb
ci

T2

ci - fix

b
&bb w
cru

T1

us,

A2

b
&bb w
fix

A1

cru - ci - fix - us e - ti - am pro no - bis,

cru

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S1

b
&bb

e - ti - am pro no - bis,

S2

b
&bb

A1

cru - ci - fix - us

cru - ci - fix - us

b
&bb

e - ti - am pro no - bis, pro

b
&bb

no

b
Vbb
-

T2

b
Vbb

e - ti - am pro no - bis,

B2

? bb
b
14

&

ci

bbb

? b b
b
7

e - ti - am pro no

e - ti - am pro no

j

-

cru - ci - fix - us

e - ti - am pro no

w.

bis,

sub Pon - ti - o Pi -

sub Pon - ti - o Pi -

bis,

bis,

sub Pon - ti - o Pi -

bis,

w
-

w
3

bis,

e - ti - am pro no

bis,

w
cru - ci - fix - us

bis,

fix - us,

e - ti - am pro no

? bb
b

cru - ci - fix - us

bis,

cru - ci - fix - us

B1

e - ti - am pro no - bis,

T1

e - ti - am pro no

e - ti - am pro no

A2

9
5

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8
6

bis,

ww

5
3

4
2

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S1

b
&bb

sub

S2

b
&bb

b
&bb
sub

A2

b
&bb

Pon - ti - o Pi - la

la - to,

T1

b
Vbb
b

Vbb
sub

B1

? bb
b

? bb
b
sub

19

bbb

sub

Pon - ti - o Pi - la

Pon - ti - o Pi - la

to,

Pon - ti - o Pi - la

6
5

? bb
b

4
2

6
5

sub

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

sub

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

to,

sub

6
5

6
5

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pas

to,

sub

sus,

&

pas

la - to

B2

to,

to,

pas

la - to, sub Pon - ti - o Pi - la

T2

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

pas

A1

sus,

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to, sub Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

sub

sub

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

sub

6
5

6
5

6
5

6
5

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S1

b
&bb

S2

A1

A2

T1

T2

b
&bb

b
&bb

b
&bb
-

b
Vbb

sub

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

sub

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

sus,

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

B1

? bb
b

pas

B2

sub

? bb
b

pas -

- sus,

pas

b
-

bbb

? b b
b

&

6
5

6
5

4
2

4
2

4
2

4
2

n6

to,

sub

n
-

Pon - ti - o

Pi - la

sus, sub Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to, sub Pon - ti - o Pi -

pas

pas

Pon - ti - o Pi - la

to,

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

24

pas

Pon - ti - o Pi - la

Pon - ti - o Pi - la - to,

sub

sub

pas

b
Vbb

sus,

n
n

Bar 26, Tenor 2. Many printed editions try to 'correct' this note to an A flat. The original key signature has only one flat, and so
this A natural might conceivably be caused by the omission of a flattening accidental. However, such an error would be
uncharacteristic of the score as a whole, and the figured bass also gives no indication of an A flat. The Prague manuscript also
shows an A natural.

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S1

b
&bb
-

S2

b
&bb

b
Vbb

sus

b
Vbb

sus

et

? bb
b

pas

pas

29

b
& b b b

sus

et

se - pul

tus

est, pas

se - pul

b7

7
5

tus

est, pas

tus

est, pas

tus

tus

pul

n
5

est, pas

se - pul - tus est, pas

tus

,
j

se - pul - tus est, pas

sus

,H

n .

et

et

n.

sus

? b b
b

sus,

se

se - pul

et

et

pas

? bb
b

sus

se - pul

et

se - pul

la - to,

B2

to,

B1

et

sus

T2

b
&bb w
pas

T1

sus

A2

b
&bb
-

A1

sus

et

se

sus

et

se

sus

et

se

n.

sus

et

se

sus

,

est, pas

sus

et

#
et

et

se

n.

,H

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pul

tus

pul

est,

se -

# n

w
-

se

pul

sus

est, pas

pul

se

pul

se - pul

et

pul

sus

pul

w
# n

# w n
#

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S1

b
&bb w
-

S2

w
-

bbb

B2

? bb w
b

35

et

se

et

se

tus,

et

tus,

tus,

et

se

se

et

se

et

se

tus,

n w

nw

w
ww

7
5

9
4

pul

w
-

pul

,I
,

8
3

ww

#w
7
5

pul

n
pul

pul

tus

est.

tus

est.

pul

pul

pul

tus

est.

n w

w
n

tus

est.

tus

tus

nw
est.

w
est.

tus

est.

ww

w
n ww

w
4

est.

w
-

tus

w
-

nw

n
-

et

tus,

se

tus,

w
-

ww
w

w
-

se

tus,

nw
-

et

w
-

? b b n ww
b

? bb w
b

n
-

b
&bb w

b
V b b nw

w
-

tus,

,I

w
-

b
&bb w

B1

pul

T2

b
& b b n

T1

Aw
-

A2

b
& b b nw
-

A1

Bar 41: the original note value is a breve.

The source of this work is found in Dresden, where Lotti stayed from 1717 to 1719 at the court of the Elector of Saxony, Augustus the
Strong (1670 - 1733), to write operas for the court. However, the music is likely to have been written for San Marco in Venice. The
Credo from which this section comes is for four voices with strings and continuo. For this one portion of the work, the strings are tacet
and the choir doubles to eight parts. The Credo itself is part of a complete mass for choir, soli, strings and continuo, the Missa Sancti
Christophori.
The Credo in F and the Missa Sancti Christophori are available from Ancient Groove Music.

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