Motets, for 5-8 voices. "This edition has two aims: first, to present in published order the entire contents of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd's Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (London: Thomas Vautrollier, 1575; STC 23666); second, to chart the evolution and adaptation of the individual works included in the print, some of which were revised or re-texted by their composers, or converted into English-texted anthems by unknown hands."--Page xi. Includes bibliographical references (pages xl-xliii).
Contents:
Fantasia a 5 / With all our heart / Thomas Tallis. Absterge Domine ; Wipe away my sings ; Discomfit them, O Lord ; Absterge Domine / Thomas Tallis -- In manus tuas / Thomas Tallis -- Emendemus in melius / William Byrd -- Libera me Domine, et pone me / William Byrd ; Peccantem me quotidie / William Byrd -- Mihi autem nimis honorati ; Blessed be thy name / Thomas Tallis -- O nata lux / Thomas Tallis -- Fantasia a 5 ; O sacra convivium ; Deliver us, O Lord ; O sacrum convivium ; I call and cry ; O sacred and holy banquet / Thomas Tallis -- Aspice Domine quia facta es / William Byrd -- Attollite portas ; Let us arise ; Lift up your heads / William Byrd -- O lux beata trinitas / William Byrd -- Derelinquit impius / Thomas Tallis -- Dum transisset Sabbatum ; Sabbathum dum transisset / Thomas Tallis -- Honor, virtus et potestas ; Virtus, honor et potestas / Thomas Tallis -- Sermone blando / Thomas Tallis -- Fantasia a 6 ; Laudate pueri ; Behold now, praise the Lord / William Byrd -- Memento homo ; O Lord, give ear / William Byrd -- Siderum rector / William Byrd -- Te lucis ante terminum I ; Te lucis ante terminum II / Thomas Tallis -- When Jesus went ; Salvator mundi II / Thomas Tallis -- Candidi facti sunt ; Facti sunt nazarei eius candidi / Thomas Tallis -- Da mihi auxilium / William Byrd -- Domine secundum actum meum / William Byrd -- Diliges Dominum / William Byrd -- In ieiunio et fletu / Thomas Tallis -- Suscipe quaeso Domine / Thomas Tallis -- Miserere mihi Domine / William Byrd -- Tribue Domine / William Byrd -- Libera me Domine de morte aeterna / William Byrd -- Miserere nostri / Thomas Tallis (and William Byrd?) -- Appendices. O God be merciful unto us (after Thomas Tallis) ; Fantasia a 5 / Thomas Tallis.
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