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Openings: y8-z1, all lacking except z1r (f. 111r only)
Voices: [Triplex], [Medius], [Contratenor], [Tenor], [Bassus]
Compass: 22 notes
Based on: faburden melody, Tone VIII, with fourth ending (Hocking 1995, 181)
Text: Magnificat: NT canticle (Luke 1:46–55), sung at Vespers, with doxology. All English settings allotted polyphony to the even-numbered verses, hence the inventory title 'Et exultavit'; conversely, the odd-numbered verses were normally set by Continental composers.
Concordance: Carver, ff. 119v–123r
Edition: Musica Britannica 12, 63–8
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