Vidit Jacob scalam (Thomas Crecquillon)
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- CPDL #10809: Crecquillon-Vidit_Jacob_Scalam.mid Finale 2005.
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (added 2005-03-11). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 287 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Vidit Jacob scalam
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
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