Veni redemptor gentium (Jacob Handl)

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CPDL #31883:    

Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2014-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original key; note values halved. Editorial slurs and accidentals added.

General Information

Title: Veni redemptor gentium
Composer: Jacob Handl
Lyricist: Ambrose of Milan

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Opus musicum, 1587

Description: No. 17 in the first book of Handl's Opus musicum, this is a setting of the first verse of the Advent hymn Veni redemptor gentium.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Veni, redemptor gentium,
ostende partum virginis:
miretur omne saeculum:
talis decet partus Deum.