Vidit Jacob scalam (Thomas Crecquillon)
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- Orginal key
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2005-03-11). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 121 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Revised edition and synthesized MP3 (choral ahs) uploaded 2011-01-06.
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
- Transposed edition
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-01-06). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 121 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third for ATBarBB, with synthesized MP3 (trombone choir).
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: Vidit Jacob scalam
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published:
Description: Feast of the Dedication of a Church. 5th Antiphon at Matins.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Vidit Jacob scalam,
Summitas ejus caelos tangebat,
Et Angelos descendentes,
Et dixit: Vere locus iste sanctus est. Alleluia.
English translation
Jacob saw a ladder,
the top of which reached to heaven,
and angels descending on it.
And he said: Surely this place is holy. Alleluia.
Genesis 28:12,17