Missa Se mieulx ne vient (Elzear Genet)

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• (Posted 2025-04-21)  CPDL #84572:   

• Kyrie:    

• Gloria:    

• Credo:    

• Sanctus:    

• Agnus Dei:    

Editor: Bert Schreuder (submitted 2025-04-21).   Score information: A4, 36 pages, 916 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Liber Primus Missarum (RISM G1571) Avignon: Jean de Channay, 1532.

Original pitch, note values halved.

General Information

Title: Missa Se mieulx ne vient
Composer: Elzear Genet
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4 / 6vv   Voicing: STTB
Genre: Sacred, Mass

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella. At 'et ascendit in caelum' a 'secundus supranus' is added to the basic four-part texture; the same is true for the final Agnus Dei, which also has an extra tenor.

First published: 1532
Description: The mass is based on the three-voice chanson ‘Se mieulx ne vient’ by P. Convert. The chanson appears in six chansonniers from the 15th century. More information can be found here: https://chansonniers.pwch.dk/CH/CH007.html , where you can also find texted transcriptions from all six sources.

External websites:

• http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00087023/image_1 (source of the mass)
• https://chansonniers.pwch.dk/CH/CH007.html (sources of the chanson)

Original text and translations

For information, refer to the Mass page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages:

Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus & Benedictus • Agnus Dei