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==Music files==
==Music files==
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; Original key
*{{NewWork|2011-04-02}} '''CPDL #23327:''' [{{filepath:Morley-Agnus Dei.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Morley-Agnus Dei.mp3}} {{mp3}}]
{{Editor|Charles H. Giffen|2011-04-02}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|4|121}}{{Copy|Personal}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Original key and note values, this performing edition accords with the work as originally published in 1597, but also includes annotations for the later score published as an appendix to the 1771 reprinting of the original source by William Randall.  {{KbdRed}} Copyright by the composer for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded.
; Transposed editions


*'''CPDL #20829:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f7/Agnus_Dei_Morley.pdf  {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/b4/Agnus_Dei_Morley.mid  {{mid}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/62/Agnus_Dei.cap Capella]
*'''CPDL #20829:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f7/Agnus_Dei_Morley.pdf  {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/b4/Agnus_Dei_Morley.mid  {{mid}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/62/Agnus_Dei.cap Capella]
{{Editor|James Gibb|2010-01-14}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|2|44}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|James Gibb|2010-01-14}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|2|44}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' This has nobis substituted for the original nostri in the Latin text, to make it more suitable for liturgical use. {{KbdRed}}
:'''Edition notes:''' This has nobis substituted for the original nostri in the Latin text, to make it more suitable for liturgical use. {{KbdRed}} Transposed down a minor third, note values halved.
   
   
*'''CPDL #927:''' [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/sheet/morl-agn.pdf {{pdf}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/sound/morl-agn.mid {{mid}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/source/morl-agn.zip Finale 1998]
*'''CPDL #927:''' [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/sheet/morl-agn.pdf {{pdf}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/sound/morl-agn.mid {{mid}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/source/morl-agn.zip Finale 1998]
{{Editor|Rafael Ornes|2000-06-07}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|48}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|Rafael Ornes|2000-06-07}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|48}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Finale file is [[zipped]].
:'''Edition notes:''' Finale file is [[zipped]].  Transposed down a major second, note values halved.


==General Information==
==General Information==
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'''Published:''' ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'' (1597)<br>
'''Published:''' ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'' (1597)<br>


'''Description:''' Not mass text (see below).<br>
'''Description:''' This motet was included by Morley in his treatise A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music (1597) as an example of his principles of composition.  It is suitable for Lenten or general use, but it is not liturgically suitable for the Ordinary of the Mass, especially since the text is not the same as that of the Mass.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  

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Original key
CPDL #23327: Icon_pdf.gif Icon_mp3.gif
Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-04-02).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Original key and note values, this performing edition accords with the work as originally published in 1597, but also includes annotations for the later score published as an appendix to the 1771 reprinting of the original source by William Randall. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Copyright by the composer for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded.
Transposed editions
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-01-14).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 44 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: This has nobis substituted for the original nostri in the Latin text, to make it more suitable for liturgical use. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Transposed down a minor third, note values halved.
Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 2000-06-07).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Finale file is zipped. Transposed down a major second, note values halved.

General Information

Title: Agnus Dei
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music (1597)

Description: This motet was included by Morley in his treatise A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music (1597) as an example of his principles of composition. It is suitable for Lenten or general use, but it is not liturgically suitable for the Ordinary of the Mass, especially since the text is not the same as that of the Mass.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nostri.