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Pange lingua sobre el contrabajo

 

Ramillete de flores (E-Mn 6001), fol. 281

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Source title pange lingua sobre el conttrabajo
Title in contents   pange lingua. 287
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Music

Category cantus firmus

Genre chant

Fantasia type

Mode

Voices 3

Length (compases) 107

Vihuela

Tuning G

Courses 6

Final VI/3

Highest I/10

Lowest VI/0

Difficulty not specified

Tempo not specified

Song Text

Language LA

Vocal notation texted

Commentary

Cantus firmus setting of the hymn, given in long notes in the bass. A detailed analysis and analytical transcription is in carrasco2012-1.
The hymn, by St Thomas Aquinas, was prominent in Spain because of its use on the Feast of Corpus Christi, a particularly important feast in Spain. It is also sung on Maundy Thursday, during the procession from the church to the place where the Blessed Sacrament is kept until Good Friday. In Spain, the Mozarabic chant melody was used in preference to the standard Roman melody.