Nolo mortem peccatoris

( Father, I am thy only Son )

Composer(s): Morley, Thomas (1557-1602) [ England ]

Text by Redford, John (died in 1547) [England]

Edition

Published by Oxford University Press USA [USA] , 1976 ; in A sixteenth-century anthem book (98 p.)

Number of pages : 6

Editor or author of the restitution: Morehen, John ; Morris, Christopher ; Warner, Sylvia Townsend

Type of material: Full score

ISMN/ISBN : 0193534061

Description

Text in: Latin + adapted in English

Epoque: 17th century (1600-1649)

Genre-Style-Form: Antiphon ; Motet ; Sacred ; Baroque ; Renaissance

Type of Choir: SATB (4 mixed voices )

Instrumentation: Keyboard (optional) (1 instrumental part(s))

Instruments: Organ (ad lib)

Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2

Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B

Tonality: E minor

Duration: 2.5 min.

Liturgical Use: Holy Week ; Good Friday

Number of verses: 2

Musicological Sources: British Museum, Add. MSS. 29372-5 (1616) ; NOTE: Organ accompaniment is optional.

Source of text: medieval carol, Folger Shakespeare Library, MS. L.b.562

Princeton, USA

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Consultable under : Perf. Coll. # W377 ; M2082 .Si97 1976 (29 in Perf. Coll. copies) ; (1 in main library copies)

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