Optimam partem elegit (William Byrd)
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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
Latin text
Optimam partem elegit sibi Maria
Quae non auferetur ab ea in aeternum.