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Thread #76840 Message #1366096
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-Dec-04 - 02:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Dona Nobis Pacem (round)
Subject: RE: Origins: Dona Nobis Pacem (round)
Agreed, Stylistically the canon is wrong for the Agnus Dei of the 16th c. composers of masses, including Palestrina. The tune for the canon is the tenor part of one arrangement that I found.
Was it fitted to a pre-existing piece of music? No reason to assume that the tune currently used was composed with the canon.