Sources
102. Beata viscera

102.C.2

Archivio musicale, Parrocchia di Monte San Quirico, Lucca.

1 double leaf (4 pages), oblong format with 12 staves, containing 4 numbered settings of Beata viscera for two voices (Soprano, Alto), written on pp. 1-3; the third setting (on p. 2) is headed “Beata viscera (Puccini)”. 25 bars of music in the hand of a copyist, F major, 3/4 time signature, with vocal parts marked “S” and “C”.
The first and fourth settings are attributed to Alfonso Del Prete, the second is anonymous.

102.C.3

Folder titled “Del Prete Alfonso / Puccini / Mottetti a 2 voci ‘Tota Pulchra e Beata Viscera’ di A. Del Prete / ‘Beata Viscera’ di Puccini”, containing 7 music fascicles.
Oblong fascicle of 24 pages, 5 staves per page. On pp. 8-10: "Beata Viscera Puccini", fair copy in the hand of a copyist. Two voices in soprano clef, marked “Soprani Iⁱ” and “Soprani Iⁱⁱ”, F major, 3/4.
The fascicle also contains three further settings of the same text and four Italian laude dedicated to the Madonna.

102.C.4

Folder titled “Del Prete Alfonso / Puccini / Mottetti a 2 voci ‘Tota Pulchra e Beata Viscera’ di A. Del Prete / ‘Beata Viscera’ di Puccini”, containing 7 music fascicles.
1 double leaf, oblong format (4 pages, fourth page blank) with 10 staves per page. On p. 3, from the third stave onwards: Beata Viscera by Puccini, fair copy in the hand of a copyist different from that of 102.C.3, with “Puccini” noted in the right margin, perpendicular to the music. 25 bars for two voices in soprano clef, F major, 3/4.
On p. 1: a Beata Viscera for solo voice, headed “Del Prete A.”; on p. 2 and the first two staves of p. 3 is an anonymous Ave Maria.

102.E.2

First edition:
Beata viscera / per voci di soprano e contralto. Edizione di Virgilio Bernardoni.
Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini, 2024.