Rex Melchior (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• (Posted 2016-08-15)  CPDL #40784: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2016-08-15).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for SAATB or transposed down a fourth for ATTBB

General Information

Title: Rex Melchior
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Lyricist: Anon

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SAATB and ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for Epiphany

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. Motettorum liber quintus, 5vv, Rome

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Original text and translations

Latin text Rex Melchior, Rex Gaspar, Rex Balthasar, rogamus vos per Regem regum, quem vagientem in cunis videre meruistis, ut compatiamini tribulationibus nostris.

English translation O King Melchior, King Casper, King Balthasar, we beseech you, by the King of kings, whom you deserved to see even in his swaddling-clothes, that you take pity on our troubles.