Agnus Dei (Thomas Morley)
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- Original key
- (Posted 2011-04-02) CPDL #23328:
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-04-02). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 97 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: With original clefs, note values, and unbarred layout, this diplomatic edition accords faithfully with the original 1597 publication. Copyright by the composer for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded.
- (Posted 2011-04-02) CPDL #23327:
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-04-02). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 121 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Original key and note values, this performing edition accords with the work as originally published in 1597, but also includes annotations for the later score published as an appendix to the 1771 reprinting of the original source by William Randall. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Copyright by the composer for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded.
- Transposed editions
- Down a perfect fourth
- (Posted 2011-04-02) CPDL #23329:
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-04-02). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 122 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed down a perfect fourth from the original, for ATBarB, and otherwise identical with CPDL #23327 above. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Copyright by the composer for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded.
- Down a minor third
- (Posted 2010-01-14) CPDL #20829:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-01-14). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 45 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This has 'nobis' substituted for the original 'nostri' in the Latin text, to make it more suitable for liturgical use. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Transposed down a minor third, note values halved. Revised files uploaded 8/12/17.
- Down a major second
- (Posted 2000-06-07) CPDL #00927: (Finale 1998)
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 2000-06-07). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 48 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a major second, note values halved.
General Information
Title: Agnus Dei
Composer: Thomas Morley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1597 in A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music
2nd published: 1977 in The Chester Book of Motets, Book 2, no. 6
Description: This motet was included by Morley in his treatise A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music (1597) as an example of his principles of composition. It is suitable for Lenten or general use, but it is not liturgically suitable for the Ordinary of the Mass, especially since the text is not the same as that of the Mass. However, while the word nostri is substituted for the usual nobis, this is not grammatically incorrect by any means; the Latin verb misereor (I have mercy) takes the genitive case (here, nostri, another example being Miserere mei; nobis and mihi are the dative of these words, respectively), but often governs the dative in ecclesiastical Latin.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Agnus Dei.