Collaudabunt multi sapientiam (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-08-15)  CPDL #86360:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-08-15).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 173 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Collaudabunt multi sapientiam
Composer: Jacob Handl
Text: Ecclesiasticus 39:12-13 (Vulgate)
Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 3
Description: Motet for the Common of Confessors.

Original text and translations

Latin text Collaudabunt multi sapientiam sancti huius, et usque in saeculum non delebitur; non recedet memoria eius, et nomen eius requiretur a generatione in generationem.

English translation Many will praise the wisdom of this saint, and it will not be blotted out for ever; his memory will not fade, and his name will be sought from generation to generation.