Veniat dilectus meus (Pierre de Manchicourt)
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- Editor: Andrew Fysh (submitted 2019-12-27). Score information: A4, 19 pages, 428 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: At original pitch (for SATTBB). Original note values retained. Transcribed and edited from the printed source listed below.
General Information
Title: Veniat dilectus meus (2.p. Qualis est dilectus tuus}
Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt
Source of text: Song of Songs 5:1, 9–10, 15–16
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Antiphon for the Nativity of the BVM
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1554 in Liber tertius Cantionum Sacrarum (Phalèse), no. 12
Description: This is one of seven settings of text from the Song of Songs (Canticum Canticorum) among Manchicourt's output of more than seventy motets.
Original text and translations
Latin text Véniat diléctus meus in hortum suum, |
English translation Let my beloved come into his garden, |