Agnus Dei (Fall 2011)

Anthology Number: 47 Anthology Page: 263-249

CD Track: 27

Basic Information

 * Species: Mass
 * National or other Origin: Italy
 * Date / era: ca. 1560
 * Composer or other figure: Giovanni da Palestrina

Identifying Characteristics:

 * Latin text translates "Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us"
 * 6 part polyphony for 6 soloists
 * Conjunct movement; leaps either prepared or resolved
 * Final sonorities include 3rds
 * Mainly syllabic with some neumatic tendencies
 * Follows rules of counterpoint carefully; dissonances are approached and left by consonances.

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