William Pashe

Alias: William Pasche

Life

Born: ca. 1480

Died: May or June 1525

Biography

English church musician and composer, "probably the man who was Fellow of New College, Oxford from 1494 to 1506. [His mass] is based on 'Christus resurgens', a processional antiphon of Easter Day.… He is represented by a Christus resurgens Mass, written on a Sarum chant, two Magnificats, and a motet, Sancta Maria." (Hoasm.org)

List of works at CPDL

• Magnificat
• Missa Christus resurgens

Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)

• Magnificat

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List of works

• Missa Christus resurgens – Caius Choirbook
• Sancta Maria mater Dei (by Pashe or Ashewell) - see under Thomas Ashewell

Publications

References:

• Flood, W. H. Grattan. 1925. Early Tudor composers. London: Oxford University Press, 121 pp. William Pashe, pp. 79-82. A transcription of the Sanctus from his Missa Christus resurgens is a two-page plate between pages 80 and 81.

External websites:

• Short biography at HOASM.org
• Flood 1925 at Google Books