Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610

Vespro della Beata Vergine is a collection of sacred works by Claudio Monteverdi, published in 1610. Musically it combines late Renaissance polyphonic techniques with emerging Baroque concertato practice, employing both dense vocal counterpoint and contrasting soloistic textures with instruments, and it occupies a transitional place in Monteverdi's output and in the development of early Baroque sacred music.