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The first volume of Byrd’s two-volume compilation of music for the major feasts of the Church’s calendar was published in 1605. The extreme rarity of surviving copies of this first edition is perhaps explained by the events of November of that year, after which simply the possession of a copy of this music could have been construed as a treasonable offence. A second edition was issued in 1610, when the domestic political situation had become more secure for Roman Catholics. Byrd had long since retired from London to the rural surroundings of Stondon Massey, Essex, where the recusant group based around the Petre family at Ingatestone would have been the primary recipients of this music.
The first volume of Byrd’s two-volume compilation of music for the major feasts of the Church’s calendar was published in 1605. The extreme rarity of surviving copies of this first edition is perhaps explained by the events of November of that year, after which simply the possession of a copy of this music could have been construed as a treasonable offence. A second edition was issued in 1610, when the domestic political situation had become more secure for Roman Catholics. Byrd had long since retired from London to the rural surroundings of Stondon Massey, Essex, where the recusant group based around the Petre family at Ingatestone would have been the primary recipients of this music.


The first volume of the Gradualia serves the Marian feasts (explicitly the Purification, Annunciation, Assumption and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as the Conception, Visitation and Presentation) and the Votive Masses of the BVM throughout the year; All Saints, Corpus Christi and Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament. Also included are settings of miscellaneous non-liturgical sacred texts, a group of Marian hymns from the Primer and one of office music for Easter and Holy Week.
{{PubDatePlace|1605|by Thomas East in London}}
 
The first volume of the Gradualia serves the Marian feasts (explicitly the Purification, Annunciation, Assumption and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as the Conception, Visitation and Presentation) and the Votive Masses of the BVM throughout the year; All Saints, Corpus Christi and Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament. Also included are settings of miscellaneous non-liturgical sacred texts, a group of Marian hymns from the Primer and one of office music for Easter and Holy Week.
 
[[Gradualia II (William Byrd)|Gradualia II]] covers Christmas, Epiphany, Easter & Corpus Christi.


===For 5 voices===
===For 5 voices===
 
*''In festo {{CC|Candlemas|Purificationis}}
#[[Suscepimus Deus - Justitia - Magnus Dominus (William Byrd)|Suscepimus Deus]]
#[[Suscepimus Deus - Justitia - Magnus Dominus (William Byrd)|Suscepimus Deus]]
#[[Suscepimus Deus - Sicut audivimus (William Byrd)|Sicut audivimus]]
#[[Suscepimus Deus - Sicut audivimus (William Byrd)|Sicut audivimus]]
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#[[Nunc dimittis (Gradualia) (William Byrd)|Nunc dimittis]]
#[[Nunc dimittis (Gradualia) (William Byrd)|Nunc dimittis]]
#[[Responsum accepit Simeon (William Byrd)|Responsum accepit Simeon]]
#[[Responsum accepit Simeon (William Byrd)|Responsum accepit Simeon]]
#[[Salve sancta parens (William Byrd)|Salve sancta parens]]
*''In {{CC|Nativity of the BVM|Nati: S. Marae Virginis}}
#[[Benedicta et venerabilis (William Byrd)|Benedicta et venerabilis]]
: 6.  [[Salve sancta parens (William Byrd)|Salve sancta parens]]
#[[Virgo Dei genitrix (William Byrd)|Virgo Dei genitrix]]
: 7.  [[Benedicta et venerabilis (William Byrd)|Benedicta et venerabilis]]
#[[Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria (William Byrd)|Felix es sacra Virgo Maria]]
: 8.  [[Virgo Dei genitrix (William Byrd)|Virgo Dei genitrix]]
#[[Beata es, Virgo Maria (William Byrd)|Beata es Virgo Maria]]
: 9.  [[Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria (William Byrd)|Felix es sacra Virgo Maria]]
#[[Beata Viscera (William Byrd)|Beata viscera]]
:10. [[Beata es, Virgo Maria (William Byrd)|Beata es Virgo Maria]]
#[[Rorate caeli desuper (William Byrd)|Rorate cæli]]
:11. [[Beata viscera (William Byrd)|Beata viscera]]
#[[Tollite portas (William Byrd)|Tollite portas]]
*''Pro {{CC|Advent|Adventu}}
#[[Ave Maria (William Byrd)|Ave Maria]]
: 12. [[Rorate caeli desuper (William Byrd)|Rorate cæli]]
#[[Ecce virgo concipiet (William Byrd)|Ecce virgo concipiet]]
: 13. [[Tollite portas (William Byrd)|Tollite portas]]
#[[Vultum tuum (William Byrd)|Vultum tuum]]
: 14. [[Ave Maria (William Byrd)|Ave Maria]]
#[[Speciosus forma (William Byrd)|Speciosus forma]]
: 15. [[Ecce virgo concipiet (William Byrd)|Ecce virgo concipiet]]
#[[Post partum Virgo (William Byrd)|Post partum Virgo]]
*''Post {{CC|Christmas|Nativitatem Dom.}}
#[[Felix namque es (William Byrd)|Felix namque es]]
: 16. [[Vultum tuum (William Byrd)|Vultum tuum]]
#[[Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse floruit (William Byrd)|Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse]]
: 17. [[Speciosus forma (William Byrd)|Speciosus forma]]
#[[Gaude Maria (William Byrd)|Gaude Maria]]
: 18. [[Post partum Virgo (William Byrd)|Post partum Virgo]]
#[[Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum (William Byrd)|Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum]]
: 19. [[Felix namque es (William Byrd)|Felix namque es]]
#[[Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (William Byrd)|Gaudeamus omnes]]
*''Post {{CC|Septuagesima}}
#[[Assumpta est Maria (William Byrd)|Assumpta est Maria]]
: 20. [[Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse floruit (William Byrd)|Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse]]
#[[Optimam partem elegit (William Byrd)|Optimam partem elegit]]
: 21. [[Gaude Maria (William Byrd)|Gaude Maria]]
#[[Adoramus te (William Byrd)|Adoramus te]]
*''In Annunci. B. Maria
#[[Unam petii a Domino (William Byrd)|Unam petii a Domino]]
: 22. [[Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum (William Byrd)|Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum]]
#[[Plorans plorabit (William Byrd)|Plorans plorabit]]
: 23. [[Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (William Byrd)|Gaudeamus omnes]]
#[[Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (All Saints) (William Byrd)|Gaudeamus omnes]]
: 24. [[Assumpta est Maria (William Byrd)|Assumpta est Maria]]
#[[Timete Dominum (William Byrd)|Timete Dominum]]
: 25. [[Optimam partem elegit (William Byrd)|Optimam partem elegit]]
#[[Justorum animae (William Byrd)|Justorum animæ]]
*26. [[Adoramus te (William Byrd)|Adoramus te]]
#[[Beati mundo corde (William Byrd)|Beati mundo corde]]
*27. [[Unam petii a Domino (William Byrd)|Unam petii a Domino]]
*28. [[Plorans plorabit (William Byrd)|Plorans plorabit]]
*''{{CC|All Saints|In festo omnium Sanctorum}}
: 29. [[Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (All Saints) (William Byrd)|Gaudeamus omnes]]
: 30. [[Timete Dominum (William Byrd)|Timete Dominum]]
: 31. [[Justorum animae (William Byrd)|Justorum animæ]]
: 32. [[Beati mundo corde (William Byrd)|Beati mundo corde]]


===For 4 voices===
===For 4 voices===
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#[[Quotiescunque manducabitis (William Byrd)|Quotiescunque manducabitis]]
#[[Quotiescunque manducabitis (William Byrd)|Quotiescunque manducabitis]]
#[[Ave verum corpus (William Byrd)|Ave verum corpus]]
#[[Ave verum corpus (William Byrd)|Ave verum corpus]]
#[[O salutaris hostia (Gradualia) (William Byrd)|O salutaris hostia]]
#[[O sacrum convivium (William Byrd)|O sacrum convivium]]
#[[Pange lingua gloriosi (William Byrd)|Pange lingua gloriosi]]
#[[Ecce quam bonum (William Byrd)|Ecce quam bonum]]
#[[Christus resurgens (William Byrd)|Christus resurgens]]
#[[Visita quaesumus (William Byrd)|Visita quaesumus]]
#[[Salve Regina (1605) (William Byrd)|Salve Regina]]
#[[Alma Redemptoris Mater (William Byrd)|Alma redemptoris mater]]
#[[Ave Regina coelorum (William Byrd)|Ave Regina coelorum]]
#[[In manus tuas (William Byrd)|In manus tuas]]
#[[Laetania (William Byrd)|Laetania]]
#[[Salve sola Dei genitrix (William Byrd)|Salve sola Dei genitrix]]
#[[Senex puerum portabat a 4 (William Byrd)|Senex puerum portabat]]
#[[Hodie beata Virgo (William Byrd)|Hodie beata Virgo]]
#[[Deo gratias (William Byrd)|Deo gratias]]
===For 3 voices===
#[[Quem terra, pontus, aethera (William Byrd)|Quem terra, pontus, aethera]]
#[[O gloriosa Domina (William Byrd)|O gloriosa Domina]]
#[[Memento salutis auctor (William Byrd)|Memento salutis auctor]]
#[[Ave maris stella (William Byrd)|Ave maris stella]]
#[[Regina coeli laetare (William Byrd)|Regina coeli laetare]]
#[[Alleluia. Vespere autem Sabbathi (William Byrd)|Alleluia. Vespere autem Sabbathi]]
#[[Haec dies a 3 (William Byrd)|Haec dies]]
#[[Angelus Domini descendit (William Byrd)|Angelus Domini descendit]]
#[[Post dies octo - Mane nobiscum (William Byrd)|Post dies octo - Mane nobiscum]]
#[[Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (William Byrd)|Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem]]
#[[Adorna thalamum tuum (William Byrd)|Adorna thalamum tuum]]
[[Category:Music publications]]

Revision as of 03:16, 26 November 2018

The first volume of Byrd’s two-volume compilation of music for the major feasts of the Church’s calendar was published in 1605. The extreme rarity of surviving copies of this first edition is perhaps explained by the events of November of that year, after which simply the possession of a copy of this music could have been construed as a treasonable offence. A second edition was issued in 1610, when the domestic political situation had become more secure for Roman Catholics. Byrd had long since retired from London to the rural surroundings of Stondon Massey, Essex, where the recusant group based around the Petre family at Ingatestone would have been the primary recipients of this music.

Publication date and place: 1605 by Thomas East in London.

The first volume of the Gradualia serves the Marian feasts (explicitly the Purification, Annunciation, Assumption and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as the Conception, Visitation and Presentation) and the Votive Masses of the BVM throughout the year; All Saints, Corpus Christi and Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament. Also included are settings of miscellaneous non-liturgical sacred texts, a group of Marian hymns from the Primer and one of office music for Easter and Holy Week.

Gradualia II covers Christmas, Epiphany, Easter & Corpus Christi.

For 5 voices

  1. Suscepimus Deus
  2. Sicut audivimus
  3. Senex puerum portabat
  4. Nunc dimittis
  5. Responsum accepit Simeon
6. Salve sancta parens
7. Benedicta et venerabilis
8. Virgo Dei genitrix
9. Felix es sacra Virgo Maria
10. Beata es Virgo Maria
11. Beata viscera
12. Rorate cæli
13. Tollite portas
14. Ave Maria
15. Ecce virgo concipiet
16. Vultum tuum
17. Speciosus forma
18. Post partum Virgo
19. Felix namque es
20. Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse
21. Gaude Maria
  • In Annunci. B. Maria
22. Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum
23. Gaudeamus omnes
24. Assumpta est Maria
25. Optimam partem elegit
29. Gaudeamus omnes
30. Timete Dominum
31. Justorum animæ
32. Beati mundo corde

For 4 voices

  1. Cibavit eos
  2. Oculi omnium
  3. Sacerdotes Domini
  4. Quotiescunque manducabitis
  5. Ave verum corpus
  6. O salutaris hostia
  7. O sacrum convivium
  8. Pange lingua gloriosi
  9. Ecce quam bonum
  10. Christus resurgens
  11. Visita quaesumus
  12. Salve Regina
  13. Alma redemptoris mater
  14. Ave Regina coelorum
  15. In manus tuas
  16. Laetania
  17. Salve sola Dei genitrix
  18. Senex puerum portabat
  19. Hodie beata Virgo
  20. Deo gratias

For 3 voices

  1. Quem terra, pontus, aethera
  2. O gloriosa Domina
  3. Memento salutis auctor
  4. Ave maris stella
  5. Regina coeli laetare
  6. Alleluia. Vespere autem Sabbathi
  7. Haec dies
  8. Angelus Domini descendit
  9. Post dies octo - Mane nobiscum
  10. Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem
  11. Adorna thalamum tuum