Missa pro defunctis (Antoine Brumel)

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Complete work

  • (Posted 2010-05-21)  CPDL #21644:       
Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2010-05-21).   Score information: Letter, 23 pages, 756 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Individual movements

Introitus

  • (Posted 2010-05-07)  CPDL #21582:   
Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2010-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 165 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note values are halved. Suggested accidentals are above notes.

Kyrie

  • (Posted 2010-05-07)  CPDL #21583:   
Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2010-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 108 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original key, note values are halved.

Sequentia

  • (Posted 2010-05-07)  CPDL #21584:   
Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2010-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 218 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note values are halved. Brumel used the same music for several verses; and I would think they are to be played in sequential order, therefore, that calls for a lot of jumping around in the score!

Sanctus

  • (Posted 2010-05-07)  CPDL #21585:   
Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2010-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 96 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note values are halved.

Agnus Dei

  • (Posted 2010-05-07)  CPDL #21586:   
Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2010-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note values are halved. I have written out the repeat of the first Agnus.

Communio

  • (Posted 2010-05-07)  CPDL #21587:   
Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2010-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note values are halved, but I changed the "cut time" time signature to "C", as the values were already quite short in this movement. I decided, however, to halve them, as I thought it would look odd in contrast to the other movements. This movement is also written at a higher pitch level than the previous movements, perhaps Brumel was employing a bit of word painting!

General Information

Title: Missa Pro Defunctis
Composer: Antoine Brumel

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: SacredRequiem

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1516 in Liber quindecim missarum electarum, Rome: Andrea Antico, no. 15, p. 156
    2nd published: 1522 in Missarum decem liber primus, Rome: Jacopo Giunta, no. 8
    3rd published: 1959 in Das Chorwerk, no. 68
Description: The Missa pro defunctis first appeared in a collection of masses released by Andreas de Antiquis in 1516. It must have achieved a certain amount of fame, as it appeared again in another collection, put together by Giacomo Junta in 1522. Brumel's Missa pro defunctis for four voices, a late work, is notable for being the first Requiem to include a polyphonic setting of the Dies Iræ. Each movement is apparently based on a plainchant, but not all can be identified today. The unknown chants are in the Christe, Sanctus and Agnus Dei; the others can be found in the Liber Usualis.

External websites:

Original text and translations

For information, refer to the Requiem page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages:

Intr: RequiemKyrieDies irae • Off: Domine Jesu ChristeSanctus & BenedictusAgnus Dei • Comm: Lux aeterna