In Aeternum (Mundy, William)

First Publication	1578 ca. in BL Add. MS. 31390
Genre Categories	Psalms; Religious works; Motets; For 6 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; For 6 instruments; Scores with open instrumentation; For 6 players; Latin language

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Work Title	In Aeternum
Alternative. Title
Composer	Mundy, William
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IWM 8
Key	A Aeolian mode
First Publication.	1578 ca. in BL Add. MS. 31390
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Renaissance
Piece Style	Renaissance
Instrumentation	6 instruments

This is probably a setting of Psalm 118. However, it survives in only a single source, BL Add. MS. 31390, untexted except for the two-word incipit.
Having said that, CPDL has a 20th C. source where the text has been added (Source: Early English Church Music, vol. 2, ed. Frank Ll. Harrison, British Academy, 1962. Notation here is a wholetone higher than the original, with time values halved. Translation, musica ficta and text underlay by John Hetland and the Renaissance Street Singers. 22 Apr 2014). It is possible, with some early works, that the text was well known and did not necessarily need to be printed in the music. CPDL classifies this as a motet. Tagged for both psalms and motets, and for both vocal and instrumental.