Missa Aeterna Christi munera (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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(Posted 2020-10-12) CPDL #60861:

MIDI files for the individual movements: Kyrie

, Gloria

, Credo

, Sanctus

, Agnus Dei

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2020-10-12). Score information: A4, 28 pages, 419 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Edited from Palestrina's Missarum Liber Quintus (1590) at source pitch and with original note values retained.

(Posted 2010-02-07) CPDL #20909: (Sibelius 6)

Editor: Steve Johnson (submitted 2010-02-07). Score information: A4, 23 pages, 177 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: v1 posted 2010-02-07. v2 Revised 2010-02-09 to add missing Gloria and Credo. v3 Revised 2010-02-22 to correct error in Bass bar 33 of Sanctus.

(Posted 1999-10-21) CPDL #00316: (Finale 1998)

Editor: Boguslaw Krawczyk (submitted 1999-10-21). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 329 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: SATB version.

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Bass staff is missing in bars 33-40 of Sanctus

Incomplete editions

Agnus Dei II

(Posted 2021-10-03) CPDL #66028:

Editor: Jeffrey Quick (submitted 2021-10-03). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 109 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Arrangement of Agnus II for 4 voices, for when you only have 4 singers and don't want to repeat Agnus I again.

Transposed Voci pari version, down a perfect fourth for men's voices

Kyrie

(Posted 2002-10-30) CPDL #04134: A4, 3 pages, 43 kbytes

Gloria

(Posted 2002-10-30) CPDL #04198: A4, 4 pages, 64 kbytes

Sanctus

(Posted 2002-10-30) CPDL #04317: A4, 3 pages, 48 kbytes

Benedictus

(Posted 2002-10-30) CPDL #04490: A4, 3 pages, 56 kbytes

Agnus Dei I

(Posted 2002-10-30) CPDL #04667: A4, 2 pages, 44 kbytes

Agnus Dei II

(Posted 2002-10-30) CPDL #04702: A4, 3 pages, 56 kbytes

Edition notes: Voci pari version, transposed a fourth lower for TTBB. Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei I & II (Credo missing). MIDI and NoteWorthy source files available, listed alphabetically by composer at:

General Information

Title: Missa Æterna Christi munera
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 4-5vv Voicing: SATB
and SATTB, or ATTB and ATTBarB Genre: Sacred, Mass

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Missarum liber quintus, no. 1
2nd published: 1843 in Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, Volume 1, no. 2
3rd published: 1907 in Sammlung ausgezeichneter Kompositionen für die Kirche, no. 1.5
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Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.

Original text and translations

For information, refer to the Mass page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages:

Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus & Benedictus • Agnus Dei