Cantiones sacrae : 1575

Folger bibliographic ID: 339955
Folger call number: M2 .E12 v.56
Folger holdings ID: 491865
Accession Number: 187790

General notes

Motets, for 5-8 voices "This edition has two aims: first, to present in published order the entire contents of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd's Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (London: Thomas Vautrollier, 1575; STC 23666); second, to chart the evolution and adaptation of the individual works included in the print, some of which were revised or re-texted by their composers, or converted into English-texted anthems by unknown hands."--Page xi Includes bibliographical references (pages xl-xliii) Latin and English words, the Latin also printed as texts with English translations Staff notation

Contents

Appendices. Thomas Tallis -- Salvator mundi I

Extended title: Cantiones sacrae : 1575 / Thomas Tallis & William Byrd ; transcribed and edited by John Milsom

Motets Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

editor: Milsom, John, 1953-