Source: British Library, London, Absalon fili mi Josquin Desprez

(c.1450–1521)
Royal 8 G. vii ed. Edward Tambling
           
[Superius]
[Tenor]
 2 


Ab - sa - lon fi - li mi,
      
C[ontratenor]
[Baritone]  2  
Ab - - sa - lon
     

Tenor   
[Bass I]


Ab -

 
 2  
B[assus]    
[Bass II] 

          
5

  

        
fi - li mi,

   
fi - li mi, fi - - li mi,
                
sa - lon fi - li mi, fi - li mi

  
     
Ab - sa - lon fi - li mi,

     
10

   
 

      
Ab - sa - lon fi - li mi,
     

fi - li mi, Ab - sa - lon fi -
              
Ab - sa - lon fi - li mi, Ab - sa -
    
       
fi - li mi, Ab - sa - lon,

  
15
   
      

     
fi - li mi Ab - sa -
   
 
- - li mi, Ab - sa - lon,
             
lon, Ab - sa - lon fi -
 
       
Ab - sa - lon fi - li
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  
19

        
 lon,
    
Ab - sa - lon fi - li
     
Ab - sa - lon fi - li mi,
                  
- li mi, fi - li mi, A - sa -
     
        

mi,

          
24

  
 mi,
                   

      
lon
  
            

fi - li mi, Ab - - - - - -

              
28



 fi - li
          
mi, Ab - sa - lon,

    

       
fi - li mi,
      

fi - li mi, Ab - sa - lon fi - - li
     
        
- sa - lon, Ab - - - sa -

  
32
        
    
b


         
Ab - - - - sa -
   


       
Ab - sa - lon fi - li
         
mi,
  
          
lon, Ab - - - sa - lon fi - li
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   
36

       
 lon,
     
     
quis det ut mo - - ri - ar
     


mi, quis
                    
Ab - - - sa - - - lon fi - li mi,
  
      
mi, quis det ut mo - ri -

          
40

 

     
pro te, ut mo - - ri - ar pro
  


   
det ut mo - ri - ar pro te,
         

quis det ut mo - - ri -
     
     
ar pro te, ut mo - ri - ar

      
44

     
 te     
 fi - - li mi
         

pro te fi -
               
- - - - ar pro te fi - li mi
 
       
pro te fi - li mi

 
48

   
b
    
 Ab -
b 
sa - lon? Non
       
 
b

li mi Ab - sa - lon? Non vi - - - vam
                
3
Ab - sa - lon? Non vi - - - - - -

     


Ab - sa - lon? Non
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 
53

    
b
    
 vi
 
- vam ul - - - tra, non vi - vam
         
ul - - tra, non vi - vam
       
b
        
vam, ul -


               
vi - vam ul - - - - - - tra, ul -

  b    b     
58
 
     

 b   -  
 ul
    
- - - - tra sed de - scen - dam
   
 
ul - - - - - tra sed de - scen -
  b
          
- - - tra sed de - scen - dam in
 
         
- - - - - - tra sed de - scen -

    
63

   
b

b
b   

   b 
in in - - fer - num plo - - - -
     
b

b
 
b

- dam in in - fer - - num plo -

       
    
in - - fer - - num plo - - - - -
 
         
dam in in - fer - - num plo - -

  b
67

        
§ b b
 

 
- - - rans, non vi - vam ul -
           
- - - rans, non vi - vam ul - tra,

         
b b
     
- - - - rans, non vi - - - - -

         


rans, non vi - vam ul - -
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     b   
72

   
b
   
 tra,
      
non vi - vam ul - - - - - -

     

b b

non vi - vam ul - - - - - -

   b       
   
- - - vam ul - - - - - tra

     
     
- - - tra, ul - - - - - - - -

      
77

        
b

 tra
    
sed de - scen - dam in in - - fer -
     
 
b

tra sed de - scen - dam in in -

         
    
sed de - scen - dam in in - fer - num

  
           
tra sed de - scen - dam in in - fer -

  b
82
        
§
  
b b

 num plo - - - - - - - - rans.

   
b

b
     
 
- fer - - num plo - - - - - rans.

     
  
plo - - - - - - - - - - rans.


       
- num plo - - - - - - rans.
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Editorial note

Taken from Royal 8 G. vii which resides in the British Library, London.
Images of this manuscript accessed via the Digital Archive of Medieval Music (www.diamm.ac.uk).

Editorial continuation of underlay shown in italics.

Unattributed in the source, but to Josquin elsewhere.