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Title: Optimam partem elegit
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet, communion for the Assumption (since moved to OT 16)

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), no. 25

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Original text and translations may be found at Optimam partem elegit.

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+{{LinkText|Optimam partem elegit}}
-{{Text|Latin}}
-<poem>
-Optimam partem elegit sibi Maria
-Quae non auferetur ab ea in aeternum.
-</poem>
-{{Translation|German}}
-<poem>
-Den besten Teil hat sich Maria erwählt,
-der ihr nicht weggenommen werden soll auf ewig.
-</poem>
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