a second psalm setting follong on directly from the previous piece in the Tres libros (mu075). This one is a setting of Psalm 43:23-24, the verses “Exsurge quare…” These verses are used as the Introit for the Sexuagesima Sunday (Domínica de Sexuagésima). As with the previous psalm, the mode 1 reciting tone is the basis of the sung melody, to which Mudarra provides a harmonised accompaniment, essentially homophonic but with a liberal level of passing notes to connect the chords.
Roa observes that, as the closing song of the collection, there is a “certain tragic tone of supplication” which seems to typify the songs of Mudarra (roa2015, 414) although this is typical of the melancholic tone of the times rather than an idiosyncrasy unique to Mudarra.