Alleluia, verbum caro factum est (Antoine Busnois)

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• (Posted 2019-03-17)  CPDL #53610:     

Editor: Andrew Fysh (submitted 2019-03-17).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 412 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Original pitch (for SATB, STTB or ATTB). Original note values retained.

• CPDL #22431:        (Finale 2009)

Editor: Paul R. Marchesano (submitted 2010-10-09).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 95 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original key. Key signatures original, although added to the manuscript at a later date. Only the first two lines of the text are set in this work. The alto part, notated in Tenor G clef, is somewhat low and could be sung by tenors or a mix of altos and tenors. Alternatively, the piece could be sung simply as ATTB.

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Title: Alleluia, verbum caro factum est
Composer: Antoine Busnois

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
, STTB, or ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Responsory at Matins and Mass on Christmas Day

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: The only surviving source of this work is a hand-copied choirbook held in the Royal Library in Brussels: Brussels, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er, MS 5557 [?Bruges, c.1460–80].

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Verbum caro factum est.