Domine, Dominus noster (Thomas Morley)

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• (Posted 2022-01-25)  CPDL #67744:     

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2022-01-25).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 143 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

Edition notes: Edited from the Sadler Partbooks. Original pitch and note values retained.

• (Posted 2015-01-31)  CPDL #34441:        (Finale 2004)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2015-01-31).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 290 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The Original key is g-dorian (one flat), but as most of the dorian sexts are diminished the actual key is g-minor. I have transposed the piece one tone down to f-minor (four flats) to bring it in the range of an all male ensemble. Note the two "Tallis"-clashes in bars 37 and 41.

General Information

Title: Domine, Dominus noster
Composer: Thomas Morley
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585
Description: A setting of Psalm 8, v.1 composed by Morley when he was 19 years of age and known only from a set of partbooks compiled in his home city of Norwich. The last five bars quote verbatim the end of the motet Libera me, Domine, et pone me by his teacher, William Byrd.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 8.