Venite ascendamus (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-06-02)  CPDL #85301:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-06-02).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 192 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained. Some partbooks are damaged; in these instances, editorial notes and rests are rendered smaller to distinguish them from notes in the source. A relatively accurate account has been produced due to the repetitive nature of the piece.

General Information

Title: Venite ascendamus
Composer: Jacob Handl
Text: Drawn from Isaiah 2:3 and Matthew 25:34.
Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 1, no. 2
Description: Motet for Advent.

Original text and translations

Latin text Venite, ascendamus ad montem Domini, quia de Sion exibit lex, et verbum Domini de Jerusalem, congregamini et confortamini populi, Ecce laetificabo vos, et adducam vos, in montem sanctum meum. Venite, benedicti Patris mei, possidete regnum, quod vobis paratum est, a constitutione mundi, congregamini et confortamini populi, Ecce laetificabo vos, et adducam vos, in montem sanctum meum.

English translation Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, for from Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Gather yourselves and be strengthened, O people, Behold, I will gladden you, and I will lead you up my holy mountain. Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Gather yourselves and be strengthened, O people, Behold, I will gladden you, and I will lead you up my holy mountain.