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Editor: Vanbaest (submitted 2013-12-23).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 223 kB   Copyright: CC BY ND
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General Information

Title: O Kerstnacht
Composer: Evert van Merode
Lyricist: Joost van den Vondel

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SecularMotet

Language: Dutch
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Two verses from the famous 'Rey van Klaerissen' from the play 'Gijsbrecht van Aemstel' by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679). This is an arrangement of the original tune, supposedly composed around 1645 by Dirck Sweelinck or Cornelis Padbrué.

Original text and translations

Dutch.png Dutch text

O Kerstnacht, schooner dan de daegen,
Hoe kan Herodes 't licht verdragen,
Dat in uw duisternisse blinkt,
En wort geviert en aengebeden?
Zijn hooghmoed luistert na geen reden,
Hoe schel die in zijn ooren klinckt.

Bedruckte Rachel, schort dit waeren:
Uw kinders sterven martelaeren,
En eerstelingen van het zaed,
Dat uit uw bloed begint te groeien,
En heerlijck tot Gods eer zal bloeien,
En door geen wreedheid en vergaet.