{"slug": "nunc-dimittis", "name": "NUNC DIMITTIS", "alt_name": "CANTIQUE DE SIM\u00c9ON", "meter_label": "6.6.7.D", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 7], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer": "louis-bourgeois", "composer_date": "1547", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "nunc-dimittis-cyberhymnal", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "NUNC DIMITTIS (6.6.7 D), the Genevan Psalter melody for the Song of Simeon (\"Cantique de Sim\u00e9on\"), by Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); The Cyber Hymnal credits \"Louis Bourgeois, Pseaulmes Cinquante de David, 1547\" (the tune is commonly dated to the Genevan Psalter of 1549). Hymnary.org tune authority nunc_dimittis_bourgeois concurs (composers Louis Bourgeois and Claude Goudimel, key F Major, 69 hymnals). Encoded from the Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified bar-by-bar against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (F major, one flat, no time signature \u2014 a free-meter Genevan rhythmic chorale barred at the six phrase cadences; fully syllabic, 38 soprano notes for 38 syllables; the soprano matches Hymnary's authority incipit 56543243122115565435 exactly). All components 16th-century, pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Cantique de Sim\u00e9on\" (Louis Bourgeois, 1547; harmony credited to Claude Goudimel); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication", "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "nunc_dimittis_bourgeois", "total_instances": 69}}, "harmonization": {"slug": "nunc-dimittis-cyberhymnal", "tune": "nunc-dimittis", "music_file": "nunc-dimittis-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": "claude-goudimel", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "time": "free", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [12, 25], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "phrase_barlines": [6, 12, 19, 25, 31], "refrain": null, "source_line": "NUNC DIMITTIS (Cantique de Sim\u00e9on), Genevan Psalter; melody Louis Bourgeois, 1547; harmony Claude Goudimel. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune NUNC DIMITTIS (6.6.7 D), the Genevan Song of Simeon, melody by Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559), credited by The Cyber Hymnal to Pseaulmes Cinquante de David, 1547; the four-part setting is the harmony The Cyber Hymnal credits to Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572), \"Harmony by Claude Goudimel, 1551\" (Goudimel's note-against-note psalter harmonizations are commonly dated 1564-1565; either way 16th-century). Encoded from the Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified bar-by-bar against the Cyber Hymnal engraving at 600 dpi (F major, one flat, no time signature; a free-meter Genevan rhythmic chorale, barlines at the six phrase cadences; the alto f-sharp in phrase 1 and b-natural in phrase 5 match the engraved accidentals). The mid2ly merged-unison artifact at the phrase-1 cadence was corrected against the engraving: the soprano holds a half-note a-prime (up-stem open head) while the alto sings the passing quarters a-prime and f-sharp-prime (down-stem, printed sharp); the raw tool output had duplicated the alto pair into the soprano. The corrected soprano matches Hymnary's authority incipit for nunc_dimittis_bourgeois exactly. All components 16th-century, pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Cantique de Sim\u00e9on\" (Louis Bourgeois, 1547; harmony credited to Claude Goudimel); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication", "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "nunc_dimittis_bourgeois", "total_instances": 69}}, "music_ly": "%% NUNC DIMITTIS (\"Cantique de Sim\u00e9on\", 6.6.7 D) \u2014 four SATB voice streams,\n%% canonical key F major. Corpus harmonization source for the\n%% HymnBookGenerator close-score engine.\n%% RULES (CI-enforced): exactly the variables soprano/alto/tenor/bass/global;\n%% absolute octaves; each voice rhythmically complete; NO chords <>, NO <<>>,\n%% NO \\secondShift/\\unisonWholeShift/tightSpacing, NO \\break, NO \\bar, NO lyrics.\n%%\n%% Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI (cantique_de_sim\u00e9on.mid; melody\n%% Louis Bourgeois, Pseaulmes Cinquante de David, 1547 \u2014 the Genevan Psalter\n%% Song of Simeon; harmony credited by The Cyber Hymnal to Claude Goudimel)\n%% with tools/mid2ly.py and verified bar-by-bar against the Cyber Hymnal\n%% engraving (CantiqueDeSimeon.pdf) at 600 dpi. FREE METER (the engraving\n%% prints no time signature; phrases of 10/8/10/8/8/12 quarters): a Genevan\n%% rhythmic chorale \u2014 barlines fall at the six phrase cadences (after soprano\n%% notes 6, 12, 19, 25, 31, 38). Fully syllabic: 38 soprano notes for 38\n%% syllables of 6.6.7 D; no melisma slurs.\n%% The mid2ly merged-unison artifact at the phrase-1 cadence was CORRECTED\n%% against the engraving: the raw tool output gave the soprano \"a'4 fis'4\",\n%% but the engraving prints the soprano a' as an up-stem HALF note and the\n%% sharped f' as a down-stem alto quarter (alto passing figure a'4 fis'4\n%% under the held soprano a'2; V-I cadence on G). The corrected soprano\n%% matches Hymnary's authority incipit for nunc_dimittis_bourgeois\n%% (56543243122115565435) digit-for-digit. The alto b-natural in phrase 5\n%% (printed natural) and the alto f-sharp in phrase 1 (printed sharp) are the\n%% only non-scale tones, spelled to the engraved accidentals.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key f \\major \\cadenzaOn }\n\nsoprano = {\n  c''2 d''4 c''4 bes'2 a'2 g'2 |\n  bes'2 a'4 f'4 g'4 g'4 f'2 |\n  f'2 c''4 c''4 d''4 c''4 bes'2 a'2 |\n  c''2 a'4 bes'4 a'4 g'4 f'2 |\n  f'2 d'4 e'4 f'4 d'4 c'2 |\n  f'2 g'4 a'4 bes'4 a'4 g'2 f'1\n}\nalto = {\n  a'2 bes'4 a'4 g'4 g'4 a'4 fis'4 g'2 |\n  g'2 f'4 f'4 e'4 e'4 f'2 |\n  f'2 f'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 f'2 f'2 |\n  g'2 f'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 d'2 |\n  d'2 d'4 c'4 c'4 b4 c'2 |\n  d'2 d'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'1\n}\ntenor = {\n  f'2 f'4 f'4 d'2 d'2 d'2 |\n  d'2 d'4 a4 c'4 c'4 c'2 |\n  c'2 a4 a4 bes4 a4 d'2 c'2 |\n  e'2 d'4 d'4 c'4 c'4 a2 |\n  bes2 f4 a4 a4 g4 g2 |\n  bes2 bes4 c'4 d'4 c'4 c'2 c'1\n}\nbass = {\n  f2 bes,4 f4 g2 d2 g,2 |\n  g,2 d4 d4 c4 c4 f,2 |\n  f2 f4 f4 bes,4 f4 bes,2 f2 |\n  c2 d4 bes,4 f4 c4 d2 |\n  bes,2 bes,4 a,4 f,4 g,4 c2 |\n  bes,2 g,4 f,4 bes,4 f,4 c2 f,1\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "nunc-dimittis-cyberhymnal", "tune": "nunc-dimittis", "music_file": "nunc-dimittis-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": "claude-goudimel", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "time": "free", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [12, 25], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "phrase_barlines": [6, 12, 19, 25, 31], "refrain": null, "source_line": "NUNC DIMITTIS (Cantique de Sim\u00e9on), Genevan Psalter; melody Louis Bourgeois, 1547; harmony Claude Goudimel. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune NUNC DIMITTIS (6.6.7 D), the Genevan Song of Simeon, melody by Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559), credited by The Cyber Hymnal to Pseaulmes Cinquante de David, 1547; the four-part setting is the harmony The Cyber Hymnal credits to Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572), \"Harmony by Claude Goudimel, 1551\" (Goudimel's note-against-note psalter harmonizations are commonly dated 1564-1565; either way 16th-century). Encoded from the Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified bar-by-bar against the Cyber Hymnal engraving at 600 dpi (F major, one flat, no time signature; a free-meter Genevan rhythmic chorale, barlines at the six phrase cadences; the alto f-sharp in phrase 1 and b-natural in phrase 5 match the engraved accidentals). The mid2ly merged-unison artifact at the phrase-1 cadence was corrected against the engraving: the soprano holds a half-note a-prime (up-stem open head) while the alto sings the passing quarters a-prime and f-sharp-prime (down-stem, printed sharp); the raw tool output had duplicated the alto pair into the soprano. The corrected soprano matches Hymnary's authority incipit for nunc_dimittis_bourgeois exactly. All components 16th-century, pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Cantique de Sim\u00e9on\" (Louis Bourgeois, 1547; harmony credited to Claude Goudimel); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication", "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "nunc_dimittis_bourgeois", "total_instances": 69}}, "music_ly": "%% NUNC DIMITTIS (\"Cantique de Sim\u00e9on\", 6.6.7 D) \u2014 four SATB voice streams,\n%% canonical key F major. Corpus harmonization source for the\n%% HymnBookGenerator close-score engine.\n%% RULES (CI-enforced): exactly the variables soprano/alto/tenor/bass/global;\n%% absolute octaves; each voice rhythmically complete; NO chords <>, NO <<>>,\n%% NO \\secondShift/\\unisonWholeShift/tightSpacing, NO \\break, NO \\bar, NO lyrics.\n%%\n%% Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI (cantique_de_sim\u00e9on.mid; melody\n%% Louis Bourgeois, Pseaulmes Cinquante de David, 1547 \u2014 the Genevan Psalter\n%% Song of Simeon; harmony credited by The Cyber Hymnal to Claude Goudimel)\n%% with tools/mid2ly.py and verified bar-by-bar against the Cyber Hymnal\n%% engraving (CantiqueDeSimeon.pdf) at 600 dpi. FREE METER (the engraving\n%% prints no time signature; phrases of 10/8/10/8/8/12 quarters): a Genevan\n%% rhythmic chorale \u2014 barlines fall at the six phrase cadences (after soprano\n%% notes 6, 12, 19, 25, 31, 38). Fully syllabic: 38 soprano notes for 38\n%% syllables of 6.6.7 D; no melisma slurs.\n%% The mid2ly merged-unison artifact at the phrase-1 cadence was CORRECTED\n%% against the engraving: the raw tool output gave the soprano \"a'4 fis'4\",\n%% but the engraving prints the soprano a' as an up-stem HALF note and the\n%% sharped f' as a down-stem alto quarter (alto passing figure a'4 fis'4\n%% under the held soprano a'2; V-I cadence on G). The corrected soprano\n%% matches Hymnary's authority incipit for nunc_dimittis_bourgeois\n%% (56543243122115565435) digit-for-digit. The alto b-natural in phrase 5\n%% (printed natural) and the alto f-sharp in phrase 1 (printed sharp) are the\n%% only non-scale tones, spelled to the engraved accidentals.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key f \\major \\cadenzaOn }\n\nsoprano = {\n  c''2 d''4 c''4 bes'2 a'2 g'2 |\n  bes'2 a'4 f'4 g'4 g'4 f'2 |\n  f'2 c''4 c''4 d''4 c''4 bes'2 a'2 |\n  c''2 a'4 bes'4 a'4 g'4 f'2 |\n  f'2 d'4 e'4 f'4 d'4 c'2 |\n  f'2 g'4 a'4 bes'4 a'4 g'2 f'1\n}\nalto = {\n  a'2 bes'4 a'4 g'4 g'4 a'4 fis'4 g'2 |\n  g'2 f'4 f'4 e'4 e'4 f'2 |\n  f'2 f'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 f'2 f'2 |\n  g'2 f'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 d'2 |\n  d'2 d'4 c'4 c'4 b4 c'2 |\n  d'2 d'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'1\n}\ntenor = {\n  f'2 f'4 f'4 d'2 d'2 d'2 |\n  d'2 d'4 a4 c'4 c'4 c'2 |\n  c'2 a4 a4 bes4 a4 d'2 c'2 |\n  e'2 d'4 d'4 c'4 c'4 a2 |\n  bes2 f4 a4 a4 g4 g2 |\n  bes2 bes4 c'4 d'4 c'4 c'2 c'1\n}\nbass = {\n  f2 bes,4 f4 g2 d2 g,2 |\n  g,2 d4 d4 c4 c4 f,2 |\n  f2 f4 f4 bes,4 f4 bes,2 f2 |\n  c2 d4 bes,4 f4 c4 d2 |\n  bes,2 bes,4 a,4 f,4 g,4 c2 |\n  bes,2 g,4 f,4 bes,4 f,4 c2 f,1\n}\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}