Dum medium silentium (Francesco Bianciardi)

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• (Posted 2023-07-29)  CPDL #74692:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2023-07-29).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 295 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Dum medium silentium
Composer: Francesco Bianciardi
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Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Magnificat antiphon for Sunday within the octave of Christmas.

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1596 in Sacrarum modulationum liber primus (Venice: Gardano), no. 12
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Original text and translations

Latin text Dum medium silentium tenerent omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter perageret, omnipotens sermo tuus, Domine de coelis a regalibus sedibus venit. Alleluia. Wisdom 18:14,15

English translation As all things were contained within silence, and the course of the night had reached its middle, your word, O Lord, descended from heaven, from its royal throne. Alleluia.