Descendit de coelis / He came down from on high
( Et exivit per auream portam ; And through portals of gold he departed )
Byrd, William (1543?-1623) [ Great Britain ; England ]
Edition
Published by
Stainer and Bell Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1966
; in Collected works of William Byrd, Vol 3, Cantiones Sacrae (1591)
(236 p.)
Ref. :
4799
(10 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
Type of Choir:
SAATTB (6 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
C minor
Duration:
4.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas
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. # W747 (4 copies)