It has been argued that the first book of Gradualia fulfilled Byrd's obligation to that part of the liturgy most crucial to the cause of recusants - and to the Jesuits with whom he was involved. With the second book, he presented music for the major festivals of the Christian life. More systematially planned than its predecessor, this collection presents the feasts in the order of the church year, beginning in December with Christmas.
CONTENTS
Ab ortu solis (SATB)
Beata virgo (SATB)
Cibavit eos (from Corpus Christi) (SATB)
Cognoverunt discipuli (SATB)
Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis (SATB)
Ecce adventit Dominator Dominus (SATB)
Ego sum panis vivus (SATB)
Haec dies (SATTB)
Hodie Christus natus est (SATB)
Jesu nostra redemptio (SATB)
O admiribile commercium (SATB)
O magnum misterium (SATB)
O quam suavis est (SATB)
Oculi omnium (from Corpus Christi) (SATB)
Pascha nostrum (SATTB)
Puer natus est nobis (SATB)
Quotiescunque manducabitis (from Corpus Christi) (SATB)
Regis Tharis et insulae (SATB)
Resurrexi, est adhuc tecum sum (SATTB)
Sacerdotes Domini (from Corpus Christi) (SATB)
Surge, illuminare Jerusalem (SATB)
Terra tremuit (SATTB)
Tui sunt coeli (SATB)
Venite, comedite panem meum (SATB)
Victimae paschali (SATTB)
Viderunt omnes fines terrae (SATB)
Viderunt omnes fines terrae (SATB)
Vidimus stellam ejus in Oriente (SATB)
