Quam pulchra es (Henry VIII)

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• (Posted 2021-08-28)  CPDL #65621:     

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2021-08-28).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 278 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

Edition notes: Edited from the sole surviving sixteenth-century source in original note values and at the source pitch. The critical commentary appended to the score includes the plainsong on which the work is based.

General Information

Title: Quam pulchra es
Composer: Henry VIII
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicings: AAT or TTT
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A setting of a processional antiphon, probably intended for votive or non-liturgical performance. The text is a selection of phrases from chapter 7 of the Song of Songs.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Quam pulchra es a 6 (Orlando di Lasso).