Deus, venerunt gentes / O God the heathen are come
( Posuerunt morticinia servorum tuorum ; The dead bodies of thy faithful and true servants have they giv'n ; Et fuderunt sanguinem ipsorum ; Yea, their blood most wantonly did they shed ; Facti sumus opprobrium ; We became thus an open shame )
Byrd, William (1543?-1623) [ Great Britain ; England ]
Edition
Published by
Stainer and Bell Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1966
; in Collected works of William Byrd, Vol 2, Cantiones Sacrae (1589)
(215 p.)
Ref. :
4798
(30 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution:
Dart, Thurston
; Fellowes, Edmund Horace
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
16th century
(1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Motet ; Lamentation
Mood of the piece:
sorrowful ; sombre
Type of Choir:
SAATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
F minor
Duration:
11.0 min.
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # W746 (4 copies)