Angelus Domini descendit (The angel of the Lord descended) is one of a number of short Paschal motets Byrd composed to be sung during the Offertory of the Mass on Easter Monday and Low Sunday, as befitted the new circumstances in which the recusant community found themselves it could also be used for extraliturgical personal or family devotions. The text is an adaptation of Mathew 28: 2-5, it's sung below by the Cardinall's Musick conducted by Andrew Carwood. The Latin text and an English translation are both below the player. Enjoy :-).
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O Lord, the Maker of all thing is one of the earliest vernacular English prayers. This particular setting seems to have been by William Mundy (±1528 - ±1591) not very much us known about him he is believed to have been a Londoner born and bred and was musically active in London at such venues as Westminster Abbey (1543) where he was head chorister, St. Martin, Ludgate (1547), St Mary-at-Hill (1548 – 1558), and St. Paul's Cathedral (1559) where he was appointed one of the St Paul's lay vicars choral. (Which means he must have signed his agreement to the Acts of 
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