Deo gratias (36 part canon) (Johannes Ockeghem)

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CPDL #30713:

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2013-12-04). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 211 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Full score version

CPDL #10615:

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-01-07). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 221 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Full score. This edition represents one possible realisation of the 36 part canon, involving an overlapping repeat from bar 33 onward. If the singers are placed in a circle in singing order, the repeat will begin in the Soprano 1 part at the same time as the first entry of the last singing part, Bass 9.

CPDL #06657: (Finale 2000)

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2004-02-09). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 240 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 36 part canon, 9 choirs, all parts shown, this version also has S, A, T, B parts available separately.

CPDL #04065:

Editor: Thomas Gebhardt (submitted 2002-10-08). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 100 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 36 part canon, 9 choirs, only one choir shown. Notes from Thomas Gebhardt on performance: … each part is divided into 9 singers (or parts), they start singing one bar after another, i.e. bar1=soprano1, bar2=soprano2 … bar9=soprano9+alto(high tenor)1, bar10=alto2 … bar17=alto9+tenor1 (on 3rd beat), bar18=tenor2 … bar25=tenor9+bass1, bar26=bass2 … soprano holds c" until end of piece. But various alternatives are possible. We have done the piece starting in bar 25 with tenor/bass duet (all singers but no canon) singing until the end, after that started the canon of soprano and alto only (18 singers). In a second version we did the complete canon (36 singers) as described above. Latin remarks in the score are quoted from original print.

Individual parts

CPDL #10614:

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-01-07). Score information: A4, 1 page, 28 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Contains the individual soprano, alto, tenor, and bass parts for singers on a single page. See the full score for precise details of the realisation and when the various parts enter.

CPDL #06658: (Finale 2000)

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2004-02-09). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 128 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 36 part canon, 9 soprano parts

CPDL #06659: (Finale 2000)

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2004-02-09). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 132 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 36 part canon, 9 alto/tenor parts

CPDL #06660: (Finale 2000)

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2004-02-09). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 112 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 36 part canon, 9 tenor parts

CPDL #06661: (Finale 2000)

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2004-02-09). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 116 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 36 part canon, 9 bass parts

General Information

Title: Deo Gratias (36 part canon)
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem

Number of voices: 36vv Voicing: 9 × SATB

Genre: Sacred, Canon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1568 in Cantiones Triginta Selectissimae, no. 30b

Description: Work consists of 4 overlapping canons, each for 9 voices.

Text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Deo gratias.