Ego pro te rogavi (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
File details | |
Help |
- CPDL #26689: Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-07-05). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 34 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Musica Divina Vol. II Liber motettorum (ed. Karl Proske, 1854). Original pitch and note values.
General Information
Title: Ego pro te rogavi
Composer: Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Source of text: Luke 22 v.32 & Matthew 16 v.19
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for the feast of SS Peter & Paul
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: 2nd part of a 2-part motet, the first part being Tu es Petrus
External websites:
Original text and translations
Latin text
Ego pro te rogavi Petre, ut non deficiat fides tua:
Sed tu aliquando conversus confirma fratres tuos.
Et tibi dabo claves regni coelorum.
English translation
I have prayed for thee, Peter, that thy faith fail not:
But thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.