This short Latin oratorio for two sopranos and continuo composed by Giovanni Francesco Marcorelli is presented in an edition by Biancamaria Brumana of the University of Perugia (Italy). In this dialogue, likely composed between 1644 and 1645, God calls on St. Francis to be a defender of the Cross. Translations of the text are provided in both English and Italian.
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