Palestrina – Missa Assumpta est Maria: Kyrie (SSATTB)

$12.00

Newly engraved performing edition by Maxwell Trombley

Details
Voicing: SSATTB
Duration: approx. 5 minutes
Language: Greek (Kyrie text; Latin Mass Ordinary)

Overview
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Missa Assumpta est Maria stands among the crowning achievements of his sacred output and is one of more than one hundred Mass settings he composed. It is a parody Mass built on his own motet of the same name, reworking that motet's melodic and contrapuntal material into a radiant six-voice setting of the Mass Ordinary.

The Kyrie unfolds in the traditional tripartite form (Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison), with each section developed through the imitative polyphony and balanced voice-leading for which Palestrina is renowned. The six-voice texture allows for rich sonority and flexible pairing of voices while preserving the transparency and expressive restraint characteristic of his mature style.

This edition presents the Kyrie in a modern performing score prepared from a careful comparison of the original sources, including material consulted at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Apostolic Library). The original alla breve has been metrically transposed to modern common time, with mensural signs, clefs, and editorial accidentals rendered according to established Renaissance performance practice and clearly distinguished from the source. Full editorial notes are included with the score. This movement is offered as a standalone edition; the complete Missa Assumpta est Maria is in preparation and will be released as a full edition.

Licensing & Access

Your purchase licenses this downloadable PDF score for unlimited printing and performance by one ensemble or organization. Please do not share or redistribute the file outside your group.

Scores are delivered digitally as a PDF immediately following purchase and are formatted for both print and tablet use.

If you would like to review a watermarked perusal score prior to purchase, feel free to contact me. I will be happy to provide one.

Thank you for supporting independent scholarly editing and helping ensure that carefully prepared editions remain available to the performers who rely on them.

Newly engraved performing edition by Maxwell Trombley

Details
Voicing: SSATTB
Duration: approx. 5 minutes
Language: Greek (Kyrie text; Latin Mass Ordinary)

Overview
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Missa Assumpta est Maria stands among the crowning achievements of his sacred output and is one of more than one hundred Mass settings he composed. It is a parody Mass built on his own motet of the same name, reworking that motet's melodic and contrapuntal material into a radiant six-voice setting of the Mass Ordinary.

The Kyrie unfolds in the traditional tripartite form (Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison), with each section developed through the imitative polyphony and balanced voice-leading for which Palestrina is renowned. The six-voice texture allows for rich sonority and flexible pairing of voices while preserving the transparency and expressive restraint characteristic of his mature style.

This edition presents the Kyrie in a modern performing score prepared from a careful comparison of the original sources, including material consulted at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Apostolic Library). The original alla breve has been metrically transposed to modern common time, with mensural signs, clefs, and editorial accidentals rendered according to established Renaissance performance practice and clearly distinguished from the source. Full editorial notes are included with the score. This movement is offered as a standalone edition; the complete Missa Assumpta est Maria is in preparation and will be released as a full edition.

Licensing & Access

Your purchase licenses this downloadable PDF score for unlimited printing and performance by one ensemble or organization. Please do not share or redistribute the file outside your group.

Scores are delivered digitally as a PDF immediately following purchase and are formatted for both print and tablet use.

If you would like to review a watermarked perusal score prior to purchase, feel free to contact me. I will be happy to provide one.

Thank you for supporting independent scholarly editing and helping ensure that carefully prepared editions remain available to the performers who rely on them.

About My Editions

My modern performing editions are prepared from early printed sources and edited for clarity, consistency, and rehearsal efficiency. They are intended for ensembles seeking reliable scholarly texts presented in clean, modern layouts.

Each edition includes an inner cover page containing a brief historical foreword, the full text with translation where applicable, editorial comments explaining notational decisions, and a reproduced facsimile page from the original source. To view an example of an editorial cover page, click here.

Editorial work includes careful source comparison, clearly marked accidentals, historically informed text underlay, and engraving designed for practical ensemble use, resulting in scores that are both scholarly reliable and performance ready.

Custom Options

If you are interested in a different voicing, key, or format for your ensemble, feel free to get in touch. In some cases, alternate versions can be prepared depending on the work and project schedule.