Audivi vocem (Thomas Tallis)
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- CPDL #10724: Sibelius 4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2006-01-14). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 50 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Midi file: 6 Kbyte, Sibelius 4 file: 35 KByte - this edition has CHANT added, and has been fixed with Mick Swithinbank's edits.
- CPDL #10616: ENCORE
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2006-01-07). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 35 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Use Sibelius score if possible. Encore has problem with whole-note rests.
- CPDL #10632: Sibelius 4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2006-01-07). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Midi file: 6 Kbyte, Sibelius 4 file: 35 KByte - this edition has been fixed with Mick Swithinbank's edits.
General Information
Title: Audivi vocem
Composer: Thomas Tallis
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published:
Description: Responsorium
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Original text and translations
- Audivi vocem de caelo venientem:
- Oleum recondite in vasis vestris,
- dum sponsus advenerit.
- Media nocte clamor factus est.
- Ecce sponsus venit.
Jeremiah 40:10 and Matthew 25:6:
English translation
- I heard a voice from heaven saying:
- Lay up the oil in your vessels
- when the bridegroom cometh.
- At midnight there was a cry made:
- Behold the bridegroom cometh.
English translation by Mick Swithinbank,
drawing on the Douay-Rheims Bible translation.