Definition of Magnificats

1. magnificat [n] - See also: magnificat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnificats

magnets
magni-
magnicaudate
magniferous
magnifiable
magnific
magnifical
magnifically
magnificant
magnificate
magnification
magnification angiography
magnification empty
magnification radiography
magnifications
magnificats (current term)
magnificence
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Literary usage of Magnificats

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1905)
"Chapter, while between 1459 and 1470, which was the year of his death, ' Masses, Antiphons, Hymns, and magnificats ' were produced by him, and copied into ..."

2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"... three movements from the magnificats. Two motets (a 3) 'Domine Deus' and ... the years 1539 and 1569, consist of 16 Masses (in 2 books), magnificats, ..."

3. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1919)
"His publ. works, books of psalms (1619), 2 books of magnificats and Antiphons (1620), and 5 books of Masses (1624-28), form but a small portion of his ..."

4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1849)
"One volume of magnificats, for five and six voices. One volume of magnificats, for eight voices. One volume of Lamentations. ..."

5. Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: With a Bibliography of English by James Duff Brown (1886)
"Motets. Masses in B minor, G. minor, A, G, F, C, etc. Christmas Oratorio, 1734. magnificats in various keys. Psalms, the 7th, 117th, i. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"One of the magnificats is in 14 parts Colombani united with other musicians in dedicating a collection of Psalms to Palestrina (1592). [MCC] COLOMBE LA. ..."

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