Deus venerunt gentes - Posuerunt morticinia - Effuderunt sanguinem - Facti sumus opprobrium (William Byrd)
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- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2004-10-23). Score information: A4, 19 pages, 246 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Dec 08. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Deus venerunt gentes
Composer: William Byrd
Source of text: Psalm 78 vv. 1-4, Vulgate
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript 1580 in Dow Partbooks, no. 39;44;47
First published: 1589 in Cantiones Sacrae I, no. 11-14
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 79.
English translation
O God the Gentiles are come into thine inheritance, they have polluted thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a watch tower of fruits.
They have made the carcases of thy servants, meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the land.
They have poured out their blood as water round about Jerusalem: and there was none to bury them.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and mock to them that are round about us.