Missa de Nativitate S. Joannis Baptistae (Jacob Obrecht)

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•  Posted on 2026-03-08(Posted 2026-03-08)  CPDL #88566:       

Editor: Christopher Metz (submitted 2026-03-08).   Score information: A4, 33 pages, 509 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: ligatures and accidentals indicated above the staff; editorial text placed in parentheses

General Information

Title: Missa de Nativitate S. Joannis Baptistae
Composer: Jacob Obrecht
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Mass

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1513
Description: Anonymous, attributed to Jacob Obrect Opening page for Soprano and Tenor missing (48v) Tenor (and then the bass in the Agnus Dei) performs music in augmentation, based on Busnois' Missa L'Homme, chant melodies and texts from the office of St. John the Baptist

External websites:

• https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Capp.Sist.160
• https://www.esm.rochester.edu/uploads/Early-Music-2011-final.pdf

Original text and translations

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

Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus & Benedictus • Agnus Dei