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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2002-11-11}} {{CPDLno|4176}} [[Media:BYRD-SPE.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BYRD-SPE.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:BYRD-SPE.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:BYRD-SPE.sib|{{sib}}]] (Sibelius 4)
*'''CPDL #4176:''' [{{filepath:BYRD-SPE.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:BYRD-SPE.mid}} {{mid}}]
{{Editor|David Fraser|2002-11-11}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|5|134}} {{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|David Fraser|2002-11-11}}'''Score information:''' A4, 5 pages, 128 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{Copy|CPDL}}
:{{EdNotes|Revised Feb 09.}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Revised April & Sept. 2006 (complete reconstruction from original printed source, correcting a number of errors.  Also separated from the Alleluia verse ''Post partum Virgo'' (q.v.))


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Speciosus forma''<br>
{{Title|''Speciosus forma''}}
{{Composer|William Byrd}}
{{Composer|William Byrd}}


'''Number of voices:''' 5vv&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Voicing:''' SATTB<br>
{{Voicing|5|SATTB}}
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Sacred| music}}, [[:Category:Motets|Motet]] <br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Motets}}
{{Language|Latin}}
{{Language|Latin}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' Gradualia I (1605), vol.1 no.17, plus verse from vol.1 no.6<br>
{{Pub|1|1605|in ''{{NoCo|Gradualia I}}''|no=17, plus verse from vol. 1 no. 6}}
 
{{Descr|Gradual for Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin from Christmas to the Purification.}}
'''Description:''' Gradual for Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin from Christmas to the Presentation, and (although not indicated by Byrd) for Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity.
{{#ExtWeb:}}
 
'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
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{{Text|Latin}}
''Speciosus forma prae filiis hominum: diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis.''
 
''Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: Dico ego opera mea Regi.''
''Speciosus forma prae filiis hominum: diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis.''<br>
''Lingua mea calamus scribae velociter scribentis, alleluia.''}}
''Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: Dico ego opera mea Regi.''<br>
{{mdl|3}}
''Lingua mea calamus scribae velociter scribentis, alleluia.''
{{Translation|English|
 
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.
{{Translation|English}}
My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king.
 
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly. Alleluia.
Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.<br>
(Psalm 44:3,2,1)}}
My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king.<br>
{{btm}}
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly. Alleluia.<br>
(Psalm 44:3,2,1)
 
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Motets]]
[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:SATTB]]
[[Category:Renaissance music]]
[[Category:Renaissance music]]

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  • (Posted 2002-11-11)  CPDL #04176:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-11-11).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 134 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Feb 09.

General Information

Title: Speciosus forma
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1605 in Gradualia I, no. 17, plus verse from vol. 1 no. 6
Description: Gradual for Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin from Christmas to the Purification.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Speciosus forma prae filiis hominum: diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis.
Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: Dico ego opera mea Regi.
Lingua mea calamus scribae velociter scribentis, alleluia.

English.png English translation

Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips.
My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king.
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly. Alleluia.
(Psalm 44:3,2,1)