In illo tempore postquam

General information

Motet for the feast of Circumcision. Text from Luke 2:21.

A motet for Candlemas begins similarly: see In illo tempore postquam impleti sunt dies purgationis (Costanzo Festa)

Notes on selected settings

• Lupus Hellinck omits "In illo tempore"
• Philip Dulichius omits "In illo tempore"
• Jan Le Febure omits "In illo tempore"
• Antoine de Mornable omits "In illo tempore"
• Jakob Reiner omits "In illo tempore"
• Melchior Vulpius omits "In illo tempore"

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Jean de Castro — In illo tempore postquam consummati sunt  Latin SATTB
• Philipp Dulichius — Postquam consummati sunt  Latin SATTB
• Jakob Flori — In illo tempore, postquam consummati sunt  Latin SSATTBB
• Lupus Hellinck — Postquam consummati sunt  Latin ATTB
• Jan Le Febure — Postquam consummati sunt  Latin SSS.ATTB
• Antoine de Mornable — Postquam consummati sunt  Latin SATB
• Jean Mouton — In illo tempore postquam  Latin SATB
• Jakob Reiner — Postquam consummati sunt  Latin SATTB,AATTB
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — In illo tempore postquam  Latin SSATB
• Melchior Vulpius — Postquam consummati sunt  Latin SSAATB,AATTBB

Text and translations

Latin text In illo tempore, (P)postquam consummati sunt dies octo, ut circumcideretur puer, vocatum est nomen ejus Jesus, quod vocatum est ab angelo priusquam in utero conciperetur. Alleluia.

English translation At that time when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Alleluia.