Ego sum panis vivus (William Byrd)
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- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-10-14). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 105 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised February 2008
General Information
Title: Ego sum panis vivus
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no.17
Description: John 6:51–52; Corpus Christi, Lauds, Antiphon to the Benedictus
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Original text and translations
Original text:
Latin text
Ego sum panis vivus,
qui de caelo descendi.
Si quis manducaverit ex hoc pane,
vivet in aeternum,
alleluia.
Translation(s):
English translation
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
Whosoever shall eat of this bread shall live forever,
alleluia.
Additonal notes
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Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt.