Invenerunt me custodes (Anonymous (Carver Choirbook)) - Anonymous (Carver Choirbook)

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"Such a short Song of Songs motet is quite unusual in the British choirbooks of the period: most of the repertoire consists of evening canticles to the virgin and masses. Preceding this motet in the Carver Choirbook was an “Anima mea liquefacta est”, of which only the last (apparently second) page survives on the recto-side of the first page of ‘Invenerunt’. As this verse also precedes ‘Invenerunt’ in the Song of Songs, it may be that the two pieces were actually intended as one composition in two movements. Stylistically they look rather similar, with many consecutive breves, especially in the two lowest voices."

◈ Genre / Form Motets

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATTB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range F2 – F5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 101

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments SATTB

Pages 5

CPDL # 87804

Editor Bert Schreuder

Posted 2025-12-17

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

C4 – F5

G3 – B-4

C3 – F4

B-2 – D4

F2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

Invenerunt me custodes civitatis. Tulerunt pallium meum custodes murorum. Filiae Jerusalem, nuntiato dilecto, quia amore langueo.