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MISERERE MEI, DEUS

GREGORIO ALLEGRI

A Ques or the Holy Grail? BEN BYRAM-WIGFIELD

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© 1996 B B-WRv 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007 

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MISERERE MEI, DEUS

GREGORIO ALLEGRI

A Ques or the Holy Grail? BEN BYRAM-WIGFIELD

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Bn By-Wld w bn n Hdh n

1970, nd dvd All ’ Mierere mei  h K’ C, Cb, wh h h C h u wk. A vh K’ Sh, W, h b hh S M’ Ch, Ebuh whu B.S. H W Uv.H ubqu k GuCh, h u

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MISERERE MEI, DEUS

GREGORIO ALLEGRI

A Ques or the Holy Grail? 

Content 

 Introducion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

e Manuript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

e Holy Grail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

Remaining Quesion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

 Summary and Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Posript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

 Soure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

 Muial Appendie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Biography o Allegri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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 KNWLEDEEN 

I hu k hk h Bb A V h Bh Muu k h u vb; Ph C D. S A h h h.

Fu:

1. Ev h S Ch b F Juv, 17112. Bb A V ms 185, 1 3. Ev G A, 18h (A.)

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A Ques or the Holy Grail?  7 

 Introducion

Gregorio All (1582 - 1652) w n n h Ppl Chpl 6h Db 1629, u h h 17h Fbu 1652. H xuv kw h b P 51

(Vu P 50), h ierere mei, uu h .M wll knw h hl wk hunn p C, un by ln v,nd h wpn hny h l h, pd by pl plnhn.Bu A’ v h v v, wh hh v h h wk?

H bu u wh —h -abbellimenti — never written down, but iply paed ro perorer top. Mny hv xpundd n h p’ buy nd unqun, nd h uuh h wk w xub. I w de rigeur  h h G u h 18h u h h wk u H Wk. Mz u hv h wk h . Hwv, uvv b h h.

 Ahuh uu h wk’ uh b -

, v w hv h h wk , vw w b b u x wh hu b. T hv b , w h ‘ C’ v, whh uh .

M k h u u h wk bh h Bb A V h Bh Lb, hw h p h bn wn huhu hy, nd hn dw nlun h u. Fnlly, n uhn dn pdud, hw n dn

hw h wk wu hv b u. I h h h u, I h v h hu h h k h wk , h uh .

Ben Byram-Wigfield

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8 Allegri’ Mierere 

e Manuript 

Vatican mss 205 & 206 (see Appendices 1 & 2)

 T d n h pul x  falobordone , lnn w h v nd u v bwn v plnn w nd by CnnzF, (. 1490 - 1545) 1514. Subqu, h w b P, A, N, Gu h, b A hi verion. Tee opanion volue are a opilation o twelve uh, b h , Ax ii,(1655 - 1667). Ms 205 v h 1661,

 A’ h. A (ee below

) v h 1638.Ms 205 nn v 1, 5, 9, 13 nd 17 h dfn n, wh ms 206 v 3, 7, 11, 15, 19. T v, 20, bh, v h h v.

 T wk  alobordone , bw v u hoir, eah eparated by plainong. Te original part requireent, taken h satt ssa, wu b v hp. T l v n ndn npn, nd h wk nlly 

hoophoni, with oe rhythi intere. Te r hord o eah vere h hh, u w . T 5vv h ub u whh w h , d h nd 4vv h, wh h n u h kn 4h hd,

 wh h 5h bw h u , vu v DMj. T h C, bu w b E h . T v h v h. T wk h w b wh H Wk, P

 51 u h Lu Lu Mu Tu G F, enebrae  —k— Luk’ G, 23:44: ‘h w k v h h’.

Vatican ms 185 (see Appendi 5)

 Alo one hundred year ater the oneption o Allegri’ original, thinup pp n vlu dd 1731, bd by Jhnn Dn dB. T h ; C ii, P

1730 1740; C P Ob (1667-1740), h w-kw u; A B, M h P Ch.

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 T wk k wh A’ h u, y h nub dfn. T n p h b nhbl p, nd h b n hnd pvd fcv

hny. T l vn n h hny, nd nn-n, nludn uu C# n pn. I h h h vllu hd C wh 7h 9h u, b h  b h. T h A’ w h h. T wk k uh h h, bu hh hh . A’ qu u h l v. T yl pn lvly h, nd h u wnu . Cuu, x h h. B w w mss 340 341 1748. T h 4vv 5vv h,v, bh B’ A’ .

Carles Brney (1726 - 1814)

La muia he i anta annualmente nelle Funzioni della ettimana anta nella appella ontiale . 1771 (see Appendices 3 & 4)

 T bk , hw v h mss. Te r hoir i a urther reworking o ms 185, 40 year later, with theh h x h b. Hwv, h h h A’ , u h abbellimenti . Tlnd Si Canto il Mercoledi e Venerdi Santo Mierere del Signor Gregorio Allegri  vb h u, hw h w u W  F H Wk.

Eah vere o eah hoir i haronially idential, wherea ms 185 ha ub bw v. A h hhh h v h h; h, ubqu

 v v h ndn Canto Fermo bv h ph hyh.T ndh v b h A’ , u h k 4h h. I h v w h u uesoultimo vero i anta dagio e iano, morzando a poo a poo l ’rmonia.

 T bk B’ h x, u Mu  Tu, whh kb h hh u u, w P’ tabat ater, mproperia (Rh) Fratre ego,

 whh w u M, h A h C,  u H Wk v.

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Britis Lirary ms 31395

ought by me at ome in the oro, 1841. Frederik layde, h. h. xon. Ti opy i all but idential to Vatian mss 185 and 206, but ored and

ollated. Te only diferene i that the peeh rhyth ha been writtenu v b bu w v. I uh,h h hh h wh h wh. A’uhh .

Britis Lirary ms 24291

 uia laia [] by everal aesri della appella Vatiana, opied by or or iovanni Jubilli.

 T ms b, wh h v V ms185, h 4vv h k wh A’ . Hwv, h : h w h v, h qudfn nd h v b h l 9 p v. T 4vv v vv B’ h ierere . A wu h v, b reducio partiturae .

Britis Lirary ms 2468

Te srucure o thi ierere i the ame a that o llegri’, being in the ame key & with a imilar modulation, although not o muh lled internally, and i  probably the inorrec opy mentioned by awkin, vol. 4 p. 90. ee the original by urney.

 T bv k h Bh Lb u. I, uqub wk A’, bu h h b w, I wu u h b h uu h. T w u- huhu, b sat v v. T u h v h u.

 T Hwk   eneral isory o the iene and racie o   Muic, publhd n 1776 by S Jhn Hwkn (1719 - 1789). In , h nnh h A , bu I k h hh k h abbellimenti .

Britis Lirary ms 2470

ollecion o ompoition written or the hurh o ome in the ame hand. T ms 19h u b Rv. Ew G, bv

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b h h S. Su , ,v h h u h V mss 185 206, . I h h v hu b u bu

h 19h u, wh h v abbellimenti w h . (ee ther oure.)

Britis Lirary ms 31525 (see Appendi 6)

 T u 18h u ms B’ , b Bnd Mn, buh bk R by Jph Wn, lhuhh lu n h dfn B’ n pd by Buny.

 A w hw b h h. I B’, bu A’. T u b mss 185 206 h 18hnuy u hv dn. Hwv, bh h hhly nnd whll, un, nd h dnn, nd h l x dynndn. In h h, hy lb n h vn ldy pn ms 185, h h, h u h h hw b , h k h u.

 T , h , u h . Hwv, h h h h h C v, whh k A’ 1840 (ee below). Tlentando h h h A b o the lower part to aoodate the r treble’ run, whih inlude aC# bh, h h h h. Eh v  h h . Hwv, h v  u, A’ .

O h x , v w whh v  h h. T v , h , wh w h v, bu h v h b , wh   . T v w h bu u.

Pietro Alfieri (1801 - 1863)

In 1840, Aleandro Geiniani, a nom de plume  or Pietro Aleri, pub-h l almo ierere poso in muia da regorio llegri e da ommao ai,ubliato ogli bbellimenti per la prima volta. A R, h uh

G h v h u h hV u. H u h k, h , h

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Chuh’ u ubh h bk, h h w h h . Hwv, h vu hu b huh uu v h . A h u u h

h wk w h buu v w, uh, hu b ub, bu ‘x …

 without explanation’. Aleri believe hiel to be ‘doing a kindne tov u’.

H uh h h h wk u, wh h abbellimenti  , k A, B, C, D E, h b h h v . Bv h vhu b k , bu u h u h w, h u h h P Ch ‘v G B ’. I k h h h wk u h, u b Mh’ 1831, whh u h h u uh. I

 , h , h hv u xu bh wk, w. Fbh wk, B’ v w w b A’ mpliu (v 3). Th v w u h, huh B’ 8- tun impo-nent (h l v) llw h All’ n All’ vn. T xn h w wk u b h u h u bw h.

 A’ v hw, , , V- mss 185 206. T h , h - h h u ms 31525.

 A A B v h h h h v A’ v v, wh h u B’ v. A, C D h h: B E h h bh . A h , w h ms 31525.

 Jlis Amann

 Juliu Aann’ oendable udy,  Allegri Mierere und die Aufuhrung-praxi in der Sixtina, (1935) i a detailed reord o all oure o Allegri’

 Mierere , vn n nnn nd nn ph hyh. Dph d, h nly pdud n dn h wk, ndn All’nl pn whu nnn mss 205 & 206, wh n

 vu hv. T bk v G u h -, whh h u ms 31525.

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 e ‘op C’ Version

 Te reeived verion, a it i widely held today, i a ix o Burney’ rh wh bz h, h  

Gv’ Dicionary o ui & uiian  1880. A u x, W.S. Rk hw h h h u- v b  Aleri, but then ik Mendelohn’ 1831 reord o the r hal —up aourth— on the eond hal o the vere. Ivor Atkin, or hi edition o 1951, k Bu’ h v, h h Gv’. T b h h Mh abbellimenti  h h, u uh hh h w h  h v. I h h u u qu wh h b ju F# u C, w b h w h C . T h b w ubqu , u b .

 T u buu, bb h . I , ,one o the o popular piee o ared ui. However, it i neither a h h S Ch h, u hw h w v u h.

Oter Sorces T ny nup h Mierere n lb Eup;php h hl h pbl. T Vn, hwv, h pl whh

 w huld dw u nn. Ms 263, n uph llcn p- b Jh B (1691 - 1748), M h P Ch 1737 u 1742, whh u A’ ierere  5 v, b h w h x, whh h w h 4 v b 8 v v. T h u ms 354, bk M, M,H P 1705.

 T nub Iln u, whh ud h Vn,dating ro . 1820 onward that are opletely reoved ro anything nd h Vn, nd w npy nun. Whl nnn yl, h d h huly p, hy ll l nn hu abbellimenti . Hwv, h v b h bd n, wh n l h h’ l. S hd,

, hv u u h b h 19h u. T h P Ch u

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the 19th entury a urther doubt on uh oure, partiularly whil, uhu u bu.

Plainsong Wh h V u k h v,  h Bh Lb mss h b h w w  h v, whu ny lu h hn. Ms 31525  Il Populo riponde altro vero, wh h mss vu h h b u ottovoe , in oro, whh h v u b b h v.

 T u bd n h tonu peregrinu , wndn n, nd wuldhv bw h h h h. Hwv,v h pn huh whh h p w pd, ny h w hv b u, u h w u h liber uuali .

 T P 50 h Lu Lu Mu  Tudy nd Gd Fdy iii 1 nd ii 2, pcvly, nd h l hbn ud n ny dn dn. I l huh h n h nnnhu, h h w .

 ommaso Bai (1650 - 1718)Vn ms 203 nn B’ n, wn hly -, w b T Av 1713, wh HB M h P Ch h . B’ h text i baed upon Allegri’, being haronially iilar in it rucure.Hwv, h vn nd hn lbn, wh h vhowing diferene. Te piee i written or the ae voie a Allegri’, satt ssa, bu h A’ h h. M h h hh h b w u u, h

 wk k hdl nu wh undlyn plyphn vn. Tnn h ph hyh nn wh h ud n l vn  

 All’. T l v b n nphnl dubl h ssaatt, bu h A ’ uu wh . T w ub b B u h abbellimenti u A’ v, , h w w h, A .

Other work by Allegri, uh a hi Lamentation , are oaionally iat-bu B.

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I wh h B’ v h18h u ‘-w’ A’ v- h.

19t Centry and eyond T V u ms 375, 1892, w w b h u- M h P Ch, D Mu. T ub ai et llegri almu 50; 1 - 10v, , b hb h w, wh h v k

 A. T , Mu u h P u h C S Ch vw h wk.

I u h h x h w wk w:  B’ u- v h abbellimenti , x h , mpliu lava me ; k n All’ n h v b nplnd.S B’ u h h h  vere, Tunc acceptabi acricium iusitiae, oblatione et holocausa . Beaue A u h , A’ h x w  B’ v.

 T v , , h 1731 v- h, w b A’ u- h, wh h abbellimenti . Hwv, h wh wk l nnd, wh ldn h lly, wh l bqu nd nu, h , u uu part, whih pracie run ontrary to the pirit o eah voie taking itu.

Mu h h w x- h  ierere , h u h ierere h. A “ u” hCappella Muiale, he onduced it perorane with ‘the la arato’

 A Mh (1858 - 1922), wh v u wh h u h wk. T wk w w u uh w h,nd ll qud p C, bu n h hl h u-p h, hh h h. I 1903, P Pu X b h C- Mu P, wh b k h .

F h 20h nuy, h hv un nd udn hv lnd vn h Mierere h b ll lnhp nyhn h wu h S Ch.

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e Holy Grail 

Legends

 T qu , ub, h u the oure o the ornaent. Te only rite o initiation wa the andardu h . T xu, w u, hv v w u: h h u, hb uh . T ub uuh u, hVn dun h 1700, b n h l. Hwv, w u

u h . T w h uh u h V, h b hKn Pul, Pd Gvnn B Mn (1706 - 1784) nd EpL i (1640 - 1705). L h qu h P h h h V h , h w u , bu wu, h h P h h h b inerior work. Te Pope then aked hi maesro di cappella , who tried tox h h h bu h u w u  

h hqu h h h. T P, wh -, h u h jb bk h u x h h E’ , h w vu -h.

P M w u h hh whh h w hhuhu Eu u h. Bu hv h   h maesro di cappella , Snll, nd pd wh h Mn 1770. I uu, h, h h 5vv h hh V u, h 4vv h .

 Another legend, o oure, onern the boy Mozart. In 1770, Mozart, 12, h h v h uu u M, h h v u h. O W H Wk, h ndd nb n h Sn Chpl, nd h yun pdy nbdh u h nx dy. On Gd Fdy, h und h h p n,

 wh h u uk h h.L, h w 14h A, :

"You have often heard of the famou M in Rome, which i o greatly 

 prized that the performer are forbidden on pain of excommunication to take away a ingle part o it, opy it or give it to anyone. ut we have it already.

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Wolgang ha written it down and we would have ent it to alzburg inthi letter, i it were not neeary or u to be there to perorm it. ut the manner o perormane ontribute more to it efec than the ompoitionitel. oreover, a it i one o the eret o ome, we do not wih to let it  all into other hand." Mz h v M B, wh h Bu. I

h u h , Mz h w  ierere , 85, whh w u b wh h h h.

Performance Practice

 T x h  ierere w u h P L (1513-1521). B A’ , h w  wh h wk’ uu , h ub  wh h n nd. I l h huhu h hnh nuy All ’ wk w w mss 185 206, . I h h h u Mz wu hv h 1770, h h h ’ u .

 T b h h . T abbel-limenti  theelve oe ro ornaentation tehnique in Renaianeh, h wk ! T bw h - ms 31525 h b A, A Mh

 wu u uh. A u h hw h v kbly l ndn, n wh h d pvnn.I h uh w v, w wu u h , bu - whh h S Ch h b h, pl n h u whnv ppp. All lly pd h wk  hw h u b h xv .

 T P h’ b v u u antu rmu   w w kw h uqu. Suh Okh Jqu hv hw hy xpcd p plyphn vn b nnd, pully oveent up and down the ale. Ti then i not iproviation, but au .

I h w T M — I

u— h lain and Eay ntroducion to racial ui  1597:

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"ome have sood in an opinion, whih to me eem very improbable, that men ausomed to deanting an ing together on a plainong without ing-ing either ale hord or orbidden deant, one to another, whih, till ee it,

 I will ever think impoible. For though they hould all be mos excellent men,and every one o their leon by itel o well-ramed to the ground, yet it i impoible or them to be true, one to another, unle one man hould aue all the res to ing the ame a he ang beore them." However, by the eighteenth entury, thi ability wa ertainly extinc

u h V, h h h w hb, dd hy ln h n by ? I n l whh h PplCh w u uh P b h hhu. Ov h h h wk, h h h w . I, h u b w h, n h dy, bu wuld b pd n n dkn. Tu h b ub h h  uh P.

 e Performance Secret

B A’ u wh h v -taining the ornaent, it an learly be een what ha happened to the hw h h . A’ ub h, wh h b h b ww .

 T w h v h h , v u h b v h v bvu h C w C# w qu ,hu -bh h .

 T h b b h x , h z, wh h h h h , v h x wh h b ! I l wh nn h h p h p h hv nn dfn, w h h hw h k wh h h h h. Obvu, h x h , h wu h.

I h whh k h  ierere  ,  whh qu hh u .

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20 Allegri’ Mierere 

Remaining Quesion 

O h b hw h h b , w- ms 185, b wh? B’ 1713 w u h h A, h w u xu h w. T -wk A k B’ w , bu uB hv ubqu - A’ v? H 1718, whh wu u h u; bu A’ w u ’ k h V b u h h, h.

 Anh pn nn h plh undnd nup. Why dd

, L i h , b hw u h h h h ? D h u- h G u h huh h u whh w’ h h h? T b hRnn bllhn w n knwn ud h Vn — hw hn h whu h ?

F, u Bu’ v b h b Mz? T vpublihed i diferent ro all other oure, being ore elaborate and

h. T k hh k h w Mz’ w u.Bu Mz h hw Bu h , wh Bu ubh habbellimenti? Mz, h z, w xu-n; bu Buny, n Enlhn, w n. Buny’ publn h wk n h llwn y w uppd nd ny nn y nply by h Vn. Bu h abbelimenti w n n h dn. Lpld Mz’ h h ‘ wh h h’ wu u hh Mz w uw hw Bu h abbellimenti . Ph

uu w h, u h ubh v. T, u, ju.

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 Summary and Chronology 

1514 Cz F h ierere   alobordone  wh, 5 v, h h 4, u H Wk u.

1638 G A h   ierere  ,w h u ub hqu.

1652 A .

1661 A’ w w bk, whh wv h ierere , h  alobordone  w h  

 5 4 v.

1713 B’ h ierere , bw hv  A, w h V b.

1731 A’ h -w hv .

1770 Mz h h S Ch h u h wk.

1770 Ch Bu Mz.

1771 Bu ubh h ierere , whu abbellimenti , h . R G, F I.

1831 Fx Mh b h ierere , u uh w h.

1840 P A ubh h u h abbellimenti .1880 W.S. Rk u h h u

h Gv’ Dicionary o ui and uiian. Mh’ h G , u uh, h h h v.

1932 Rb H ubh wh abbellimenti , h Gv’, u h ‘ C’ v.

1935 Juu A ubh A ierere und die ufuhrungpraxi inder ixtina, h abbellimenti  hS Ch.

1951 Iv Ak H’ h Eh x .Subqu uh h b 

.

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22 Allegri’ Mierere 

Posript 

 T pup h h h bn v-ld. Fly, hpd h h h b h h u h h x nd h nnn nnd whn. Cc undndn h abbel-limenti  -x R hqu b v-h.

Hu, w h h ‘’ b whnuy dn. T uh lluu n h wh hv pdud d-n h wk huld blnly n h u vdn, w, dh whu , v u .

 T h bu Bh Lb ms 31525 h b A, h h h b B. I h u h BhLby whh dl h abbellimenti , nd h pnh h u .

I h h, h u uh, h wk w b w ,

 v h P Ch kw v h wk.F, u h v hw h

 wk w u h hh u. T b V ms 185 h 5vv h, Vms 206 h nd 4vv h. T nn hv bn kn BhLb A. 31525 G.539. N vu hv b hv, b dl, wn ph h bn nnd, lhuh h ky nuh b v x , whh . S u.

 T h k A’ , mss 205 206,

 wh h u k wh h 1731 wk. Tu h ms 185, Bu’ u - u.

 T k h liber uuali , h tonu peregrinu , whh h  alobordone  b. T x h b hk hVu, wh uu u.

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A Ques or the Holy Grail?  23

 Soure 

ibliotea posolia Vatiana 

205: h 1661206: h 1661185: h 1731

ritih Library 

 A 24291: 24b 18h u  A 31395: 19 - 27b 18h u  A 31525: 1, 21 18h u E 2468: 59 18h u E 2470: 33 - 41b 19h u E 2470: 52 - 59 19h u 

H. 790: Bu, Ch; La muia he i anta annualmente nelle Funzioni della ettimana anta nella appella ontiale , 1771

Hh 2069: A, Juu; Allegri ierere und die  ufuhrungpraxi in der ixtina , 1935

G.539: G, A; l almo ierere poso in muia da regorio llegri e da ommao ai , 1840

Gu, G; M , Ch Mu 1976

Appendie 

 Ax 1 A’ h, v 1 Ax 2 A’ h, v 3 Ax 3 Bu’ h, v 1 Ax 4 Bu’ h, v 3 Ax 5 V ms 185, v 1 ()

 Ax 6 A A 31525, v. 3 ()

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24 Allegri’ Mierere 

Treble

Alto

Tenor 1

Tenor 2

Bass

Miserere

Miserere

Miserere

Miserere

Miserere

me

me - - -

me

me

me

i,-

i,-

i,-

i,-

De

De

-

i,

De -

-

De -

-

-

De -

-

- -

- -

- -

-

-

-

-

-

us,

us,-

us,-

us,

us,

secundum magnam miseri -

secundum magnam miseri -

secundum magnam miseri -

secundum magnam miseri -

secundum magnam miseri -

cor

cor

cor

cor

cor

di- -

di- -

di- -

di- -

di- -

am

am

am

am

am

tu

tu

tu - -

tu

tu

-

- -

- -

- -

- -

am.

am.

-

am.

am.

-

am.

Appendix 1 Allegri’ Original vere 1,  ms 205 

© 1996 B B-W

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A Ques or the Holy Grail?  25

 Amplius lava me ab iniqui -

 Amplius lava me ab iniqui -

 Amplius lava me ab iniqui -

 Amplius lava me ab iniqui -

ta

ta

ta - - -

ta

te-

te-

te-

me

te

me -

-

-

me - -

me

- -

-

-

a:

-

a:

-

-

-

a:

a:

et a pec - -

et a pec - -

et a pec - -

et a pec - -

ca -

ca

ca

ca

to-

to-

to-

to-

me

me

me

me

o-

o-

-

- -

-

o

-

mun -

mun -

mun

o

mun

da-

da-

da-

da-

me.

me.

me.

me.

Appendix 2Allegri’ Original vere 3,  ms 206 

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26 Allegri’ Mierere 

Treble 1

Treble 2

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Mi

Mi

Mi

Mi

Mi

se--

se--

se-

se-

se-

re

re

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

me

me

me

me-

me

i,

i,-

i,-

i,-

De -

i,-

De

De

De

-

De

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

- -

- -

- -

-

-

us:

us:

us:

us:

us:

se -

se-

se-

se-

se-

cun-

cun-

cun-

cun-

cun-

dum

dum

dum

dum

dum

mag 

mag 

mag 

mag 

mag 

nam-

nam-

nam-

nam-

nam-

mi-

mi

mi

-

se

ri--

cor

se-

se-

-

ri- -

ri- -

cor-

cor

mi

di-

am,

-

-

se

di- -

mi -

ri- -

cor

mi

am,

-

-

-

se-

se

ri--

ri--

-

cor

mi -

cor

-

-

-

-

se

di-

-

-

ri- -

am

di-

am

-

-

cor

tu -

tu -

di-

di-

di--

am

am

am

tu - -

tu - -

tu - -

-

- -

-

am.

am.

am.

am.

-

am.

Appendix 3Burney’ (Mozart?) vere 1 

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A Ques or the Holy Grail?  27 

 Am

 Am

 Am

 Am

pli-

pli-

pli-

pli-

us-

us-

us-

us-

la -

la -

la -

la -

 va

 va

 va

 va

me

me

me

me

ab

ab

ab

ab

in

in

in

in

i- -

i- -

i- -

i- -

qui -

qui -

qui -

qui -

ta

ta

ta

ta

te-

te-

te-

te-

me

me

me

me

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

a:

a:

a:

a:

et

et

et

et

a

a

a

a

pec-

pec-

pec-

pec-

ca

ca

ca

ca

to-

to-

to-

to-

me

me

me

me

o-

o-

o-

o-

mun -

mun

mun

mun

-

- -

- -

-

-

-

da

da

-

-

da

da

me.

me.

me.

me.

Appendix 4

Burney’ (Mozart?) vere 3

© 1996 B B-W

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28 Allegri’ Mierere 

Treble 1

Treble 2

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Mi

Mi

Mi

Mi

Mi

se--

se--

se-

se-

se-

re

re

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

re-

me

me

me

me

me

i,-

i,-

i,-

i,-

De -

i,-

De

De

-

-

De

De

-

-

-

- - -

- - -

-

-

- -

-

-

-

us,-

us,

us,-

us,-

us,-

se-

se-

se-

se-

se-

cun-

cun-

cun-

cun-

cun-

dum

dum

dum

dum

dum

mag 

mag 

mag 

mag 

mag 

nam-

nam-

nam-

nam-

nam-

mi

mi -

mi -

se-

ri- -

cor

se

se

mi

ri- -

di- -

mi -

am

cor -

se-

ri- -

ri- -

cor

se

cor

di -

-

ri- -

di--

cor

am

am

 

di

mi

-

am

- -

se-

ri- -

cor

tu

tu -

tu

di -

-

am

di- -

-

tu

am

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

tu -

-

-

-

am.

am.

am.

-

-

am.

am.

Appendix 5 Reworking o 1731, vere 1,  ms  185 (edition)

© 1996 B B-W

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A Ques or the Holy Grail?  29

 Am

 Am

 Am

 Am

pli--

pli--

pli-

pli-

us

us

us-

us-

la-

la-

la

la

 va

 va

 va-

 va-

me

me

me

me

ab

ab

ab

ab

in

in

in

in

i- -

i- -

i- -

i- -

qui-

qui-

qui-

qui -

ta

ta -

ta - - -

ta

-

te

te-

- te

me

me - -

te

-

me

me

-

 

-

-

- -

- -

-

-

-

-

- -

- -

-

- --

-

a.

a.

a.

a.

et

et

et

et

a

a

a

a

pec -

pec -

pec -

pec -

ca

ca

ca

ca

-

to-

to-

to-

-

to

me -

me -

me -

me

o-

o-

-

-

-

o

-

mun -

mun -

mun

o-

mun

-

-

da

da- -

da- -

da-

me.

me.

me.

me.

Appendix 6 vere 3 rom Aleri &Additional 31525 (edition)

© 1996 B B-W

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 30 Allegri’ Mierere 

regorio llegri 

G A w b R 1582, b h h PCh 1591 u 1596, wh h vbk. H ubqu b S. Lu F h x 8 , u wh Gv M N 1600 u 1607. I 1604 h w

v F, h b S. S, S, R 1628. 6hDb 1629 w h h P Ch, u h h Fbu 17h, 1652, 70. H w b wk, bh u h u, vu h

h N, h b h, P.

H w bu h Ch Nv R, h bu  h P Ch, bu wh h O S FN, h b h h b:

Cantores pontificiine os ios

concors melodia nitmortos corporis discors resoltio dissoleretic na condi olere.

 T P ,xu h h wh M u

hu b h, wh h b h bu .