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'''Published:''' [[Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (William Byrd/Thomas Tallis)|Cantiones Sacrae]] (1575), no.18<br>
'''Published:''' [[Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (William Byrd/Thomas Tallis)|Cantiones Sacrae]] (1575), no. 18<br>


'''Description:''' Text for imposition of ashes, Ash Wednesday.<br>
'''Description:''' Text for imposition of ashes, Ash Wednesday.<br>

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  • CPDL #24223: This edition has been withdrawn at the request of the editor. CPDL #24223: Byrd_-_Memento_homo_in_3_time.pdf
Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-08-22).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The score has been remensurated into triple time, as it can be found in several sources in this form e.g. in the Peterhouse Organ book of the 'Latter Caroline Set', MS 46.

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Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-06-11).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: In original key for ATTBarBarB

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-08-31).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 97 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Jan 09

General Information

Title: Memento homo
Composer: William Byrd
Source of text: cf. Ecclesiasticus 17:31, Job 34:15

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: ATTBarBarB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Cantiones Sacrae (1575), no. 18

Description: Text for imposition of ashes, Ash Wednesday.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Memento homo, quod cinis es, et in cinerem reverteris.

English.png English translation

Remember, O Man, that thou art dust, and to dust shalt return.