Memento Domine (William Byrd)

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• (Posted 2022-11-25)  CPDL #71645:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-11-25).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 95 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2003-10-14)  CPDL #05688:        (Sibelius 4)

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-10-14).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 129 kB    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Dec 08.

General Information

Title: Memento Domine
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript ca. 1575 in The Baldwin Partbooks, no. 15
First published: 1589 in Cantiones Sacrae I, no. 8
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Original text and translations

Latin text Memento Domine congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Libera eos ex omnibus tribulationibus, et mitte eis auxilium.

English translation Be mindful of thy congregation, O Lord, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. Deliver them out of all their tribulations, and send them help.