Musica Scotica Vol VIII: Robert Johnson - Ave Dei Patris [download]

Edited by Elaine Moohan and Kenneth Elliott.

Ave Dei Patris (SATTB) is a votive antiphon on the large scale and in the decorative style of the early sixteenth-century British type of composition. Its spacious passages of free counterpoint suggest that it is an early work of Johnson’s, perhaps dating from the 1520s or so. Its clearly defined sections for smaller groups of voices alternating with those for five lend themselves to ‘solo’ and ‘full’ contrasts.

From Musica Scotica Vol VIII: The Complete Works of Robert Johnson, the full volume available here.