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Mass for Four Voices — Kyrie

W. Byrd

Key
F
Time
C
Tempo
♩=60
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Mass setting for SATB. Byrd's recusant Catholic music for clandestine domestic worship.

Teaching points

  • Recusant context — Catholic in Protestant England
  • Compact Mass setting (~12 mins)
  • AO3: clandestine sacred music
Full score ↓Public domain

CPDL multiple eds, PD.

Topic T9Topic T1