Quod chorus vatum (Thomas Tallis)
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- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2019-02-15). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 374 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the early sources at the original pitch and in the original note values. The missing Tenor part in verse 2 has been reconstructed by the editor. A critical commentary is appended to the score.
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2013-09-26). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 92 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The Tenor part in verse 2 is missing in the sources. This edition uses the reconstruction in Tudor Church Music, vol.6 (OUP, 1928).
General Information
Title: Quod chorus vatum
Composer: Thomas Tallis
Lyricist: Rabanus Maurus
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Office hymn
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript ca. 1575 in The Baldwin Partbooks, no. 84
Description: Setting of the Compline hymn for the Purification of the BVM (the Presentation/Candlemas)
This work is incomplete, either because the composer did not finish composing the work, or because some of the music has subsequently become lost. This does not necessarily refer to the CPDL edition(s), which may have been completed editorially. |
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Quod chorus vatum.