Gradualia I (William Byrd)
The first volume of Byrd’s two-volume compilation of music for the major feasts of the Church’s calendar, Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae, Liber Primus was published in 1605. The extreme rarity of surviving copies of this first edition is perhaps explained by the events of November of that year, after which simply the possession of a copy of this music could have been construed as a treasonable offence. A second edition was issued in 1610, when the domestic political situation had become more secure for Roman Catholics. Byrd had long since retired from London to the rural surroundings of Stondon Massey, Essex, where the recusant group based around the Petre family at Ingatestone would have been the primary recipients of this music.
Publication date and place: 1605 by Thomas East in London.
- Gradualia I (William Byrd) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
The first volume of the Gradualia serves the Marian feasts (explicitly the Purification, Annunciation, Assumption and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as the Conception, Visitation and Presentation) and the Votive Masses of the BVM throughout the year; All Saints, Corpus Christi and Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament. Also included are settings of miscellaneous non-liturgical sacred texts, a group of Marian hymns from the Primer and one of office music for Easter and Holy Week.
Gradualia II covers Christmas, Epiphany, Easter & Corpus Christi.
For 5 voices
Works at CPDL
| Title | Year | No. | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Voices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacerdotes Domini | 1605 | 35 | Sacred | Offertories | 4 | SATB |
| Haec dies a 3 | 1605 | 59 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | SAT, ATT, SAB |
| Deo gratias | 1605 | 52 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB,ATBB |
| Adoramus te | 1605 | 26 | Sacred | Consort songs | 1 | A |
| Angelus Domini descendit | 1605 | 60 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | ATT |
| Justorum animae | 1605 | 31 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SSATB, AATTB |
| Virgo Dei genitrix | 1605 | 8 (nos. 7-8 in David Fraser's edition) | Sacred | Graduals | 5 | SATTB, SSATB |
| Felix namque es | 1605 | 19 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Alleluia. Vespere autem Sabbathi | 1605 | 58 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | SAT |
| Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse floruit | 1605 | 20 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Beata es, Virgo Maria | 1605 | 10 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Benedicta et venerabilis | 1605 | 7 (nos. 7-8 in David Fraser's edition) | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB, SSATB |
| Post dies octo - Mane nobiscum | 1605 | 61 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | ATT |
| Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria | 1605 | 9 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Assumpta est Maria | 1605 | 24 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Memento salutis auctor | 1605 | 55 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | ATB |
| Optimam partem elegit | 1605 | 25 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Senex puerum portabat a 4 | 1605 | 50 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB, SATB |
| Ecce virgo concipiet | 1605 | 15 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| O gloriosa Domina | 1605 | 54 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | ATT |
| Hodie beata Virgo | 1605 | 51 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Ave verum corpus | 1605 | 37 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| O sacrum convivium | 1605 | 39 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB,SATB |
| Regina coeli laetare | 1605 | 57 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | SAT |
| Beati mundo corde | 1605 | 32 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SSATB, AATTB |
| Quotiescumque manducabitis | 1605 | 36 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Suscepimus Deus - Sicut audivimus | 1605 | 1-2 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB, SAATB |
| Quem terra, pontus, aethera | 1605 | 53 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | ATB |
| Adorna thalamum tuum | 1605 | 63 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | ATT |
| Responsum accepit Simeon | 1605 | 5 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB,ATTBB |
| Cibavit eos | 1605 | 33 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB,SATB |
| Oculi omnium | 1605 | 34 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Gaude Maria | 1605 | 21 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Assumption) | 1605 | 23 (antiphon) & no. 6 (verse & doxology) | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Timete Dominum | 1605 | 30 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SSATB |
| Propter veritatem - Alleluia - Assumpta est Maria | 1605 | 23 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Ecce quam bonum | 1605 | 41 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | AATT |
| Salve sancta parens | 1605 | 6 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB,SATBB |
| Suscepimus Deus - Justitia - Magnus Dominus | 1605 | 1 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB, SAATB |
| Unam petii a Domino | 1605 | 27 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SSATB |
| Speciosus forma | 1605 | 17, plus verse from vol. 1 no. 6 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Plorans plorabit | 1605 | 28 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | ATTBB |
| Christus resurgens | 1605 | 42 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Rorate caeli desuper | 1605 | 12 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Pange lingua gloriosi | 1605 | 40 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Vultum tuum | 1605 | 16, plus verse & doxology from vol. 1 no. 6 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Ave maris stella | 1605 | 56 | Sacred | Motets | 3 | ATB |
| Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum | 1605 | 22 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Beata viscera | 1605 | 11 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Visita quaesumus | 1605 | 43 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SSAT,AATB |
| Nunc dimittis (Gradualia) | 1605 | 4 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (All Saints) | 1605 | 29 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SSATB, AATTB |
| O salutaris hostia (Gradualia) | 1605 | 38 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Senex puerum portabat (a 5) | 1605 | 3 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SSATB |
| Tollite portas | 1605 | 13 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Ave Maria | 1605 | 14 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Post partum Virgo | 1605 | 18 | Sacred | Motets | 5 | SATTB |
| Salve sola Dei genitrix | 1605 | 49 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SSST |
| Alma Redemptoris Mater | 1605 | 45 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Ave Regina coelorum | 1605 | 46 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | AATB |
| In manus tuas | 1605 | 47 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | AATB |
| Salve Regina (1605) | 1605 | 44 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | ATTB |
| Laetania | 1605 | 48 | Sacred | Litanies | 4 | SATB |