Locutus est Dominus (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-06-16)  CPDL #85479:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-06-16).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 181 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Locutus est Dominus
Composer: Jacob Handl
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 1, no. 80
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Original text and translations

Latin text Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen dicens: Descende in Aegyptum et dic Pharaoni ut dimittat populum meum. Induratum est cor Pharaonis; non vult dimittere populum meum nisi in manu forti. Stetit Moyses coram Pharaone et dixit: Dominus Deus Hebraeorum misit me ad te, dicens: Dimmítte populum meum, ut sacrificet mihi in deserto.

English translation The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go down into Egypt and say to Pharaoh, “Let my people go.” Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he does not wish to release my people except by a mighty hand. Moses stood before Pharaoh and said: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying: “Let my people go, that they may offer sacrifice to me in the wilderness.”