Ne perdas cum impiis (William Byrd)

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• (Posted 2024-01-08)  CPDL #78650:     

Editor: Jean-Paul Feo (submitted 2024-01-08).   Score information: Letter, 15 pages, 133 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Ne perdas cum impiis
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: STTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript ca. 1575 in The Baldwin Partbooks, no. 19
Description: Another unpublished motet by Byrd, found in the Baldwin Partbooks. The text is drawn from Psalms 26:9 and 140:1, and is intended as a responsory for use during Passiontide. Oddly enough, Byrd does not set the *Gloria Patri* to polyphony, despite setting the verse, and in keeping with other instances of modified plainchant, the cantus firmus is slightly modified for the benefit of the polyphony.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 26 and Psalm 140.