Tui sunt coeli (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (added 2002-11-19).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 95 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised 08/06 (complete reconstruction from original printed source)

General Information

Title: Tui sunt coeli
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: AATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no. 4

Description: Offertory for Third Mass of the Nativity and the Octave of the Nativity

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Original text and translations

Original text:

Latin.png Latin text

Tui sunt coeli,
et tua est terra,
orbem terarum,
et plenitudinem ejus tu fundasti,
justitia et judicium preparatio
sedis tuae.


Translation(s):

English.png English translation

Thine are the heavens,
and thine is the earth,
the world and the fullness
thereof thou hast founded,
Justice and judgement
are the preparation of thy throne.