Quem vidistis pastores? (William Child)
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- (Posted 2022-11-28) CPDL #71690:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-11-28). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 504 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Edition prepared from GB-OB Mus.Sch. C32-C37.
General Information
Title: Quem vidistis pastores?
Composer: William Child
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published:
Description: Best performed by single voices or (following the editorial cues) as a verse anthem. Child himself was emphatically of the Anglican episcopal tradition. The current piece is one of a dozen in Latin which survive in a single manuscript source, and were uncirculated in his lifetime. Child wrote psalms in this modern Italian style (but in English), "Fitt for private Chappells or other private meetings". It is possible that the Latin motets were written for similar use, at the request of a Catholic patron, perhaps in the circle of Queen Henrietta Maria.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Quem vidistis.