Attollite portas (William Byrd)
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- (Posted 2021-12-05) CPDL #67019: (LilyPond)
- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2021-12-05). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 123 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes:
- (Posted 2013-02-01) CPDL #28187:
- Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2013-02-01). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 118 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Mensural notation, original key and note values, musica ficta clearly marked, clefs modernized.
- (Posted 2002-10-21) CPDL #04113: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-10-21). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 157 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised May 2015.
General Information
Title: Attollite portas
Composer: William Byrd
Source of text: Psalm 24: 7,8,10
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1575 in Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur, no. 11
Manuscript c. 1625-1640 in the Peterhouse Partbooks: Former Caroline Set (John Cosin)
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 24.
English translation
from the score; see psalm page for alternative translations
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of power, he is the King of Glory.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen