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This was given to me as a puzzle canon to solve. (I know longer remember the source, but it was from a hymnal at a boarding school.) It could be from a mass, but I don't know which one. Of note is that each canonic voice enters one step higher than the previous.<br>
A leader of the Renaissance, Palestrina had a profound influence on the Roman Catholic School. This esteemed Italian composer here sets a canonical Pleni sunt coeli, a section of the Sanctus, which is sung in mass during the consecration, praising the presence of God as the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.<br>
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Title: Pleni sunt coeli
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAA
Genre: Sacred, Canons
Language: Latin
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A leader of the Renaissance, Palestrina had a profound influence on the Roman Catholic School. This esteemed Italian composer here sets a canonical Pleni sunt coeli, a section of the Sanctus, which is sung in mass during the consecration, praising the presence of God as the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
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Original text and translations

Pleni sunt coeli et terra, Gloria tua The heavens and earth are full of your glory

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