Byrd, William (1543-1623)

In addition to the propers and antiphons appropriate to the respective festivals of the church year, the second part of the 1607 Gradualia contains, it is thought, a hidden tribute: a set of Propers for the Feast of St. Peter’s Chains, perhaps celebrated on 1 August 1603 to commemorate, on 21 July of that year, the elevation to the peerage of Byrd's longstanding patron Sir John Petre.

CONTENTS

Alleluia. Ascendit Deus (SATTB)
Ascendit Deus in jubilatione (SATTB)
Confirma hoc Deus (SATTB)
Constitues eos Principes (SSATTB)
Dominus in Sina in sancto (SATTB)
Emitte spiritum tuum (SATTB)
Factus est repente (SATTB)
Hodie Simon Petrus (SSATTB)
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Psalm 116) (SSATTB)
Non vos relinquam Orphanos (SATTB)
Nunc scio vere (SSATTB)
O Rex gloriae (SATTB)
Psallite Domino (SATTB)
Quodcunque ligaveris (SSATTB)
Solve jubente Deo (SSATTB)
Spiritus Domini (SATTB)
Tu es Pastor ovium (SSATTB)
Tu es Petrus (SSATTB)
Veni, sancte Spiritus, et emette (SATTB)
Veni, sancte Spiritus, reple (SATTB)
Venite exultemus Domino (Psalm 94) (SSATTB)
Viri Galilaei, quid admiramini (SATTB)