Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez)

Music files

Complete Mass

• (Posted 2020-05-26)  CPDL #58826:       

Editor: James Wetzel (submitted 2020-05-26).   Score information: Letter, 41 pages, 311 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Minor 3rd higher. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• (Posted 2019-06-03)  CPDL #54460:    (PDF)

Editor: Anastassia Rakitianskaia (submitted 2019-06-03).   Score information: A4, 34 pages, 360 kB   Copyright: CC BY

Edition notes: SATB arrangement (alto part in standard G-clef). Transposed a minor 3rd higher into C minor to fit the vocal ranges of a standard SATB choir better. Includes a ZIP file with individual movements.

Arranger: Anastassia Rakitianskaia

• (Posted 2019-01-04)  CPDL #52806:     

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2019-01-04).   Score information: A4, 60 pages, 3.67 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Updated edition, which includes individual parts. Original pitch.

• CPDL #19381:        

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2009-05-03).   Score information: A4, 29 pages, 529 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format. Original pitch.

• CPDL #13205: 

Original key: A4 size:   (LilyPond)   Letter size:   (LilyPond)

Transposed up a tone:   (LilyPond)

Transposed up a minor third:   (LilyPond)

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2006-12-06).   Score information: A4, 33 pages, 540 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Updated 2020-01-23.

Individual movements

Kyrie

• CPDL #12759:  PDF file available.

Editor: Dan Foster (submitted 2006-10-03).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 268 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transposed up m3 to approximate Josquin’s historical pitch. Note values halved. Scored in clefs familiar to modern readers. Musica ficta matches our recently researched performances and recording.

Kyrie & Gloria

• CPDL #00925:  PostScript and MusiXTeX files available.

Editor: Moriwaki Michio (submitted 2000-06-07).   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: PDF & GIF formats also available, but Postscript prints most legibly.

Sanctus: Pleni sunt caeli

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• (Posted 2020-06-10)  CPDL #59193:     

Editor: Simon Bi^{create page} (submitted 2020-06-10).   Score information: A4, 40 pages, 547 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third.

Note-values halved; final longs retained. Ligatures: closed brackets; Black notation: open brackets. Cue-sized and cautionary accidentals are editorial. Chant incipits have been provided by the editor.

• (Posted 2020-04-26)  CPDL #58210:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-04-26).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: I used the 1539 Johannes Ott print for the source and texting.

General Information

Title: Missa Pange Lingua
Composer: Josquin des Prez

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Mass

Languages: Greek, Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1546 Nürnberg: Hans Ott
    2nd published: 1929 in Das Chorwerk, no. 1.1

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Original text and translations

For information, refer to the Mass page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages:

Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus & Benedictus • Agnus Dei