Missa Brevis de Sancta Catharina (Thurlow Weed)
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Kyrie
- Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2013-04-27). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 41 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Sanctus - Benedictus
- Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2013-04-27). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Agnus Dei
- Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2013-04-27). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Missa brevis
de Sancta Catharina
Composer: Thurlow Weed
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Mass
Languages: Greek, English
Instruments: Organ
First published: 2008
Description: A short mass of three movements suitable for General use. The nickname for this composition is "The Lacemaker's Mass." The key signature of A flat represents the two pairs of bobbins a lacemaker uses to make a stitch. The quarter note at the end of measure 16 in the Agnus Dei represents the pin a lacemaker inserts midway through the stitch to hold the work in place. St Catharine is considered the patron saint of lacemakers.
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Original text and translations
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