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*<b>CPDL #4028:</b> [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f9/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius-Letter.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/37/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius-A4.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/ea/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/35/BYRD-EM2.sib Sibelius 2] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f6/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius.sib Sibelius 4]. <br>
*<b>CPDL #4028:</b> [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f9/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius-Letter.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/37/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius-A4.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/ea/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/35/BYRD-EM2.sib Sibelius 2] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f6/Byrd-Emendemus_in_Melius.sib Sibelius 4]. <br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:David Fraser|David Fraser]] <i>(added 2002-09-28)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 4 pages, 49 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:David Fraser|David Fraser]] <i>(added 2002-09-28)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter, A4, 4 pages, 49 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
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:<b>Edition notes:</b> revised 10/14/03, 12/04/04, 01/06/06 -> 1st PDF = Letter, 2nd PDF = A4 <br>
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Editor: David Fraser (added 2002-09-28).   Score information: Letter, A4, 4 pages, 49 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: revised 10/14/03, 12/04/04, 01/06/06 -> 1st PDF = Letter, 2nd PDF = A4
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General Information

Title: Emendemus in melius
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv  Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published:

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Text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Emendemus in melius quae ignoranter peccavimus;
ne subito praeoccupati die mortis,
quaeramus spatium poenitentiae,
et invenire non possimus.


Attende, Domine, et miserere;
quia peccavimus tibi.


Adjuva nos,
Deus salutaris noster,
et propter honorem nominis tui libera nos.


Peccavimus cum patribus nostris;
injuste egimus, iniquitatem fecimus.
Attende Domine,
et miserere,
quia peccavimus tibi.


(Ps. 78:9; 105:6;
Matins Responsory,
First Sunday of Lent;
cf. Esther 13, Joel 2)

English.png English translation

Let us amend for the better in those things in which we have sinned through ignorance;
lest suddenly overtaken by the day of death,
we seek space for repentance,
and be not able to find it.


Hearken, O Lord, and have mercy:
for we have sinned against thee.
Help us, O God of our salvation,
and for the honor of thy name deliver us.


We have sinned with our fathers;
we have acted unjustly,
we have wrought iniquity.


Hearken, O Lord, and have mercy:
for we have sinned against thee.


(translation by William Mahrt)