Ego sum panis vitae (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-07-21)  CPDL #86009:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-07-21).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 142 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Ego sum panis vitae
Composer: Jacob Handl
Text: John 6:48-50
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 3, no. 12
Description: Eucharistic Song for the feast of Corpus Christi.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ego sum panis vivus.

Latin text Ego sum panis vitae. Patres vestri manducaverunt manna in deserto, et mortui sunt. Hic est panis de coelo descendens: si quis ex ipso manducet, non moriatur.

English translation I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven: if anyone eats of it, he shall not die.