Missa Pange lingua: Kyrie (Fall 2011)

Anthology Number: 42 Anthology Page: 217-226

CD Track: 1-3

Basic Information

 * Species: Polyphonic Mass
 * National or other Origin: Franco-Flemish
 * Date / era: ca. 1515
 * Composer or other figure: Josquin des Pres

Identifying Characteristics:

 * Liturgical
 * Translated text: "Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy"
 * Highly imitative
 * Mainly homophonic
 * The last notes of the 2nd, 4th, and 6th phrases determine the modal degree on which each section of the Kyrie closes-respectively G, D, and E
 * Melody taken from Pange lingua gloriosi

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