Libera nos (Thomas Tallis)

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(Posted 2019-09-25) CPDL #55429:

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2019-09-25). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 167 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND

Edition notes: Edited from London, British Library Add. MSS 37402-6 at source pitch. Note values halved. Underlay added editorially.

General Information

Title: Libera nos
Composer: Thomas Tallis
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Votive antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A five-part setting around a plainsong cantus firmus 'Libera nos, salva nos'. The original lacks underlay and may or may not have been conceived for voices. However, the text fits comfortably enough and the source in which the piece survives includes other textless pieces that are known to have had a choral origin. The attribution to Tallis is questionable.

External websites:

Performance (of a different edition) by the William Byrd Choir, dir. Gavin Turner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poksr7xuX1w

Original text and translations

Latin text

Libera nos, salva nos, iustifica nos, o beata Trinitas!