Source: BL Egerton MS 2466

The complete introits, graduals, tracts etc for Ash Wednesday under the old (pre-Vatican II) rite including:

Judica me Deus
Eripe me Domine
Invocabit me
Angelis suis Deus
Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi
Jerusalem lætare
Lætatus sum (minus last two verses)
Misereris omnium Domine
Miserere mei Deus quoniam in te confidit
Misit de cælo et liberabit me;
Adjuva nos Deus salutaris noster

Suitable for liturgical or concert use.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source: BL Egerton 2466

The introit for Passion Sunday. Dramatic with some very interesting harmonic language.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source: BL Add MS 14112

The Lessons for Good Friday from the IX Lezione per la Settimana Santa … per la Real Capella di Napoli. Divided primarily into the three sections, ‘De lamentatione Jeremiæ Prophetæ. Heth. Misericordiæ Domini’, ‘Aleph, quomodo obscuratum’, and ‘Incipit oratio Jeremiæ Prophetæ. Recordare Domine’, the first and last for soprano, the central piece for alto, each section is then subdivided into many smaller quasi-aria, arioso, and recitative sections which make up the whole, each ending with the imploring Jerusalem convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum – Jerusalem, return to your God. They are extraordinary works with great variation and some truly plangent harmonies.

Range (soprano): b flat – b flat”(sometimes in one four note phrase)

Range (alto): a – e’

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source: BL Add MS 14112, Egerton MS 2466

The Lessons for the Thursday of Holy Week from the IX Lezione per la Settimana Santa … per la Real Capella di Napoli. Divided primarily into the three sections, ‘De lamentatione Jeremiæ prophetæ. Heth. Cogitavit Dominus disspare’, ‘Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt’, and ‘Aleph. Ego vir videns paupertatem’, the first and last for soprano, the central section for alto, each section is then subdivided into many smaller quasi-aria, arioso, and recitative sections which make up the whole, each ending with the imploring Jerusalem convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum – Jerusalem, return to your God. They are extraordinary works with great variation and some truly extraordinary invention both in terms of melody and harmony. The range, both dramatic and vocal is extraordinary.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source: BL Add MS 14112

The Lessons for the Wednesday of Holy Week from the IX Lezione per la Settimana Santa … per la Real Capella di Napoli. Divided primarily into the three sections, ‘Incipit lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ. Aleph. Quomodo sedet sola civitas’, ‘Vau. Et egressus est a Filia Sion’, and ‘Manum suam misit hostis (missing the Ioth. at the start of the verse)’, the first and last for soprano, the central section for alto, each section is then subdivided into many smaller quasi-aria, arioso, and recitative sections which make up the whole, each ending with the imploring Jerusalem convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum – Jerusalem, return to your God. They are extraordinary works with great variation and some truly plangent harmonies. This first of the three Lezione uses much variation between violoncelli and bassi.

Range (soprano): b flat – b flat”

Range (alto): G – e flat’

Editor: James Sanderson

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Sources: BL Add MS 14112, Egerton MS 2466

The complete IX Lezione per la Settimana Santa … per la Real Capella di Napoli. See the individual descriptions for details.

Editor: James Sanderson

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