Missa Brevis de Sancta Catharina (Thurlow Weed)

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Kyrie

• CPDL #28906:       

Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2013-04-27).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 41 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

Sanctus - Benedictus

• CPDL #28907:       

Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2013-04-27).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

Agnus Dei

• CPDL #28908:       

Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2013-04-27).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 37 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

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

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

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