Missa Du bon du cuer (Noel Bauldeweyn)
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- (Posted 2025-10-02) CPDL #86961:
- • Kyrie:
- • Gloria:
- • Credo:
- • Sanctus:
- • Agnus Dei:
- Editor: Bert Schreuder (submitted 2025-10-02). Score information: A4, 34 pages, 879 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch, note values halved. Further notes at the end of the pdf.
General Information
Title: Missa Du Bon Du Cuer
Composer: Noel Bauldeweyn
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSTTB
Genre: Sacred, Mass
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: ca. 1529
Description: Published anonymously in BSB Mus.ms. 6, an Alamire choirbook from ca. 1508-1530, but supposedly by Bauldeweyn.
In the Agnus Dei something strange happens in the tenor part: from bar 18 black notation (meaning triple time) and white notation are swapped. Musicologist Joep van Buchem explained: in BSB mus.ms. 5 the tenor part has this cryptic description: "Noctem verterunt in diem et rursum post tenebras spero lucem", which is from Job 17:12. It means: “They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.” This inspired the composer (or the scribe) to symbolically swap black and white notation. Ms. 6 lacks this information.
External websites:
- https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00079109?page=118,119
- https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0007/bsb00079108/images/index.html?fip=193.174.98.30&seite=241&pdfseitex=
Original text and translations
For information, refer to the Mass page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages: