Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

hidden message very much like the one in the Ockeghem-based Agnus Dei just considered. The motet is
laid out in three well-defined sections corresponding to those of the Agnus Dei chant. The first two
sections end with the Agnus Dei prayer itself (miserere nobis), and the motet is thus ostensibly addressed
to Christ (the Lamb of God) himself. Section 1 is given in Ex. 13-13a.


EX. 13-11   Josquin des Prez,   Missa   L’Homme Armé    super   voces   musicales,  Credo,  mm. 1–13
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