Have mercy upon me, O God
Byrd, William (1543?-1623) [ Great Britain ; England ]
Edition
Published by
Stainer and Bell Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1925
Ref. :
W56
(8 p.)
, "S & B anthems"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Fellowes, Edmund Horace
Type of material:
Keyboard-vocal score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
16 ; 17th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Motet ; Psalm ; Hymn (sacred)
Mood of the piece:
pleading ; prayerful
Type of Choir:
SSATTB (6 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Soprano (1) / Alto (1)
Instrumentation:
Keyboard
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Organ (1) or Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
modal
Duration:
2.5 min.
Musicological Sources:
from the Durham Cathedral MSS where it is wrongly attributed to Orlando Gibbons
Biblical references:
Psalms :
51, 1-2
Data about the life of the work:
accompaniment arranged from the original string parts
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # 1496 (56 copies)
Alsace, France
Centre de ressources pédagogiques et artistiques
Les Dominicains BP 95 F-68502 GUEBWILLER Cedex