Surge et accipe (Johannes Wanning)

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• (Posted 2024-11-06)  CPDL #82643: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-11-06).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 110 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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General Information

Title: Surge et accipe
Composer: Johannes Wanning
Lyricist: Matthew 2: 20,21^{create page}
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584
Description: A motet marking the flight into Egypt.

Original text and translations

Latin text Surge et accipe puerum et matrem eius, et vade in terram Israël: defuncti sunt enim qui quærebant animam pueri. Qui consurgens accepit puerum et matrem eius et venit in terram Israël.

English translation Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the babe's life. Then he arose up, and took the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. (Geneva Bible)