Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610

Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) is a collection of sacred music by Claudio Monteverdi, published in 1610. The work blends late Renaissance polyphonic techniques with emerging early Baroque concertato practices, employing grand choral textures, solo vocal writing, instrumental sonorities and basso continuo to mark Monteverdi's shift toward a more text-driven, dramatic approach that occupies a pivotal place in the development of early 17th-century sacred music.