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Cantiones sacrae : (1591)

[William Byrd] ; revised by Thurston Dart

(The collected works of William Byrd / edited by Edmund H. Fellowes ; and revised under the direction of Thurston Dart, v. 3)

Stainer & Bell, c1966

[Rev. ed.]

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Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623 -- Cantiones sacrae, liber 2

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Note

21 five and six-part motets, with piano reduction "for practice only."

Latin words with English translations

Critical notes in English

Contents of Works

  • Laudibus in sanctis = Praise the Lord among His holy ones : psalm CL, paraphrased in Latin elegiac verse
  • Quis est homo = What man is he : psalm XXXIV, 12-16
  • Fac cum servo = O deal with thy servant : psalm CXIX, 124-5
  • Salve regina = Hail, thou most holy
  • Tribulatio proxima est = Tribulation cometh nigh us
  • Domine exaudi = Lord I do beseech thee
  • Apparebit in finem = He will come at the last day
  • Haec dicit Dominus = Thus saith the Lord
  • Circumdederunt me = The snares of death : psalm CXVI, 3.4
  • Levemus corda = Come let us lift up our hearts
  • Recordare Domine = Call to thy remembrance, Lord
  • Exsurge, Domine = Arise, Lord, why sleepest thou
  • Miserere mei = Shew thy mercy on me : psalm LI, 1
  • Descendit de coelis = He came down from on high
  • Domine, non sum dignus = O my Lord, I am not worthy : St. Luke VII, 6-7
  • Infelix ego = How wretched am I
  • Afflicti pro peccatis = Afflicted sore
  • Cantate Domino = O sing unto the Lord
  • Cunctis diebus = Throughout the long days : paraphrase of Job X, 20-22
  • Domine salva nos = O Lord God succour us
  • Haec dies = This is the day

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