Attollite Portas

Psalm 24: 7, 8, 10 William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

ed. Gareth Thomas

    
SUPERIUS
   

  
[Alto I]
At -

  
               
SUPERIUS SECUNDUS
[Alto II]
At - tol - li - te por - tas prin - ci - pes

        
DISCANTUS
[Tenor I]     
 At - tol - li - te por -

  
CONTRATENOR
[Tenor II]      

 
TENOR
[Baritone]       

 
    
BASSUS    
[Bass]

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 
A I.                 
tol - - li - te por - tas prin - ci - pes ve - - stras, prin -


A II.                       
ve - - stras, prin - ci - pes ve - - stras, prin - ci - pes ve -

 
T I.                     
 tas prin - ci - pes ves - tras, prin - ci - pes ve - - stras, prin - ci -

         
T II.    
 At - tol - - li - te por - tas prin - ci -


        

Bar.
 At - tol - li - te por -


 
B.     

Transcribed from Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (William Byrd/Thomas Tallis, London 1575)
Transposed down a tone from printed pitch. Accidentals in brackets are editorial. Repetitions of text indicated by "ij" are shown in italics
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                 
A I.       
- ci - pes ve - stras, prin - ci - pes ve - - - - - stras,


        
  
A II. 
- - - - stras, at - tol - li -

        
T I.       
 pes ve - stras, prin - ci - pes ve - - - stras, at -

            
T II.     
 pes ve - - - - - stras, at - tol - - li - te por -

  
Bar.       

     
  
 - tas, at - tol - li - te por - tas prin - ci -

            
   
B. 
At - tol - li - te por - tas prin - ci - pes ve -

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     
A I.
        
prin - ci - pes ve - - stras, at - tol - - li -

 
             

A II.

te por - - tas prin - ci - pes ve - - - -

      
T I.         
 tol - li - te por - tas prin - ci - pes ve - -

    
        

T II.
 - tas prin - ci - pes ve - - - - stras,


         

Bar.
 pes, at - tol - - li - te por - -

 
  
B.   
stras,
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        
A I.
   
te por - - tas prin - ci - pes ve - stras, et


A II.                      
stras, prin - ci - pes ve - - - - - - - - -


          
 
T I.
 stras, at - tol - - li - te por - - - -

   
T II.         
 prin - ci - pes ve - stras, et e - le -

    
      
      

Bar.
 tas prin - - ci - pes ves - tras, prin - ci - pes ve - stras,

          
B.   
at - tol - - li - te por - tas prin - ci -

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23

           
A I.
 
e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les, et


           
     
A II.

stras, et e - le - va mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les,

               
T I.     
 tas, et e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les, ae - ter -

         
T II.             
 va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les, et e - le - va - mi - ni por -


                

Bar.
 et e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les, et e - le -

  
B.             
pes ve - stras, prin - ci - pes ve - stras, et e - le -
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        
A I.
    
e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les,

       
A II.          
et e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na -

        
T I.          
 -na - les, et e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na -

        
T II.           
 tae ae - ter - na - - les, et e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae -


            
       

Bar.
 va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les, et e - le - va - mi - ni por

     
B.           
va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les, et

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A I.               
et in - tro - i - bit rex glo - ri - - ae,


            
  

A II.

- - - - les, ae - ter - na - les, et

         
T I.     
 les, et in - tro - i - bit rex glo -

             
T II.     
 - ter - na - - - - les, et in - tro - i - bit rex


              
 
Bar.
 - tae ae - ter - na - - les, ae - ter - na - les, et in - tro -

             
B.       
e - le - va - mi - ni por - tae ae - ter - na - les, et in - tro - i - bit
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     
A I.          
rex glo - ri - ae, glo - ri - ae,

      
        
     
A II.

in - tro - i - bit rex glo - ri - ae, rex glo - ri - ae,

     
T I.          
 - ri - ae, rex glo - - - - ri -

       
T II.             
 glo - ri - ae, et in - tro - i - bit rex glo - - - -

    
Bar.   
        
 i - bit rex glo - ri - ae, rex glo - ri - ae, rex glo - ri -

  
          
B. 
rex glo - ri - ae, et in - tro - i -

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        
A I. 
   
et in - tro - i - bit rex glo - ri - - ae.


A II.                
et in - tro - i - bit rex glo - ri - ae.

        
T I.            
 
 ae, rex glo - - ri - ae, et in - tro - i - - bit rex glo - ri - ae, rex


T II.                
 - ri - ae, et in - tro - i - bit rex glo -

    
Bar.       
      
 ae, et in - tro - i - bit rex glo - ri - - - ae, rex

        
B.      
bit rex glo - ri - ae, rex glo - ri - - - -
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   
              
   
A I.
 
Quis est ip - se rex glo - ri - - ae? Do - mi - nus for - tis et po - tens


                   
     
A II. 
Quis est ip - se rex glo - - ri - ae? Do - mi- nus for - tis et po - tens in


T I.    
     
 glo - ri - ae.


T II.         
 - ri - ae.


Bar.     
   
 glo - ri - ae.

 
    
B.   
- ae.

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A I.     
  
in prae - li - o.


A II.        
prae - li - o,

T I.

              
           
 Quis est ip - se rex glo - - - ri - ae? Do - mi - nus for - tis et po - tens in


T II.                       
 Quis est ip - se rex glo - - - ri - ae? Do - mi - nus for - tis et po - tens


Bar.     



 
B.    
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A I.            
Do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip - se


A II.         
Do - mi - nus vir - tu -

    
T I.    
 prae - li - o,

    
T II.         
 in prae - li - o, Do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum

         
Bar.            

 Quis est ip - se rex glo - ri - - - - - - ae?

               
  
B. 
Quis est ip - se rex glo - - ri - ae?

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          
 
A I.  
est rex glo - ri - ae,


A II.            
tum ip - se est rex glo - ri - ae,

       
T I.       
 Do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip - se est rex glo -


T II.            
 ip - se est rex glo - ri - ae,


Bar.   
             
 Do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip - se est rex

  
           
B. 
Do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip - se est
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            
A I.  
do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip - se est rex glo - ri -


      
  
A II. 
do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum, do - mi -

      
T I.          
 - - ri - ae, ip - se est rex glo - - ri - ae, do -

       
T II.      
 do - mi - nus vir - tu - - - tum


             
    

Bar.
 glo - ri - - ae, do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum

 
B.              
rex glo - ri - ae, do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip -

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          
A I.        
ae, do - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip - se est rex glo - ri - ae. Glo -

  
A II.               
 
nus vir - tu - tum ip - se est rex glo - - ri - ae. Glo -

            
T I.          
 - mi - nus vir - tu - tum ip - se est rex glo - ri - ae. Glo - ri -

   
T II.             
 ip - se est rex glo - - ri - ae.

       
Bar.         

 ip - se est rex glo - ri - - - ae.

    
B.           
se est rex glo - - - ri - ae.
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       

A I. 
- ri - a Pa - tri et Fi - li - o,


          


  
A II.

- ri - a Pa - tri et Fi - li - o,

        
  

T I. 
 a Pa - tri et Fi - li - o,


T II.           
 Glo - - ri - a Pa - tri


Bar.    
      
 Glo - ri - a Pa -

       
   
B.  
Glo - ri - a Pa - tri et

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   
    

 
A I.

et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - cto,


A II.                
et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - -


   
           

T I. 
 et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - -

            
T II.       
 et Fi - li - o, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - - -


    
         
  
Bar.
 -tri et Fi - li 
- o, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - cto, San -

      
B.            
Fi - li - o, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - cto, San -
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              
A I.   
et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - - cto: Si - cut
 
             
A II.         
- cto, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - - cto: Si - cut e -


              
T I.
        
 - cto, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - - - cto: Si - cut e -

          
T II.        
 cto, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - cto, San - cto:


Bar.               
 - cto, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - cto.

       
      
B.
 
cto, et Spi - ri - tu - i San - - - cto.

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A I.                  
e - rat in prin - ci - pi - - o,


A II.     
     
rat in prin - ci - - pi - o,

T I.

                   
 rat in prin - ci - - - - pi - o,


T II.            
 Si - cut e - rat in prin -

  
Bar.               
 Si - cut e - rat in prin - ci -

     
B.  
        
Si - cut e - rat in prin ci -
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         
A I.      
et nunc et sem - - - - - -

  
A II.             
et nunc et sem - per, et nunc et sem - -

         
T I.    
 et nunc et sem - - per, et

    
T II.            
 ci - pi - o, et nunc et sem - per, et nunc et

     
Bar.              
 - pi - - - o, et nunc et sem - -

          
      
B. 
- - pi - o, et nunc et sem- per,

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A I.              
- per, et in sae - cu - la


A II.            
       
- - - - per, sem - per, et in sae -

            
T I.     
 nunc et sem - per, et in sae - cu - la sae -

    
T II.             
 sem - - - - - per, et in sae - cu -

 
Bar.                 
 per, et in sae - cu - la sae - cu - lo- rum.

B.
 
 
         
       
et in sae - cu - la sae - cu - lo - - - - -
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        
A I.

sae - - cu - lo - - rum. A - men,

 
         


A II.

- cu - la, sae - - - cu - la sae - cu - -

      
T I.            
 - cu - lo - rum. A - - - - - - - men,

     
      

T II.
 la sae - cu - lo - - rum, sae - - cu - - lo -

  
Bar.           
 A - - - men, sae - - cu - lo - rum. A -

         
B.        
- rum, sae - cu - lo - - rum, A - - -

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       
 
A I.

sae - cu - - lo - rum. A - - - men.


A II.                 
lo - rum. A - - - - - - - - - men.

    
T I.      
 sae - cu - - lo - rum. A - - - - men.


T II.                
 rum. A - - - - men, A - - men.


Bar.           
    

 - - - men, A - - - - - men.

     
B.            
  

- - - - - - - men, A - men.