Tui sunt coeli (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #4216: Sibelius 2.
- Editor: David Fraser (added 2002-11-19). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 73 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Revised May 2006 (complete reconstruction from original printed source)
General Information
Title: Tui sunt coeli
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: AATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, 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 text
Tui sunt coeli,
et tua est terra,
orbem terarum,
et plenitudinem ejus tu fundasti,
justitia et judicium preparatio
sedis tuae.
Translation(s):
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.