MONTEVERDI'S VESPERS OF 1610 IS A WORK WHICH HAS BOTH FASCINATED AND PERPLEXED MUSICOLOGISTS AND PERFORMERS FOR MANY YEARS. IT FORMS BY FAR THE LARGER PART OF THE COMPOSER'S FIRST SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATION OF SACRED MUSIC, ENTITLED: 'OF THE MOST BLESSED VIR VORWORT - KRITISCHER BERICHT - VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE: 1. [DEUS IN ADIUTORIUM]/DOMINE AD ADIUVANDUM - 2. DIXIT DOMINUS - 3. NIGRA SUM - 4. LAUDATE PUERI - 5. PULCHRA ES - 6. LAETATUS SUM - 7. DUO SERAPHIM - 8. NISI DOMINUS - 9. AUDITE COELU