Vidi speciosam (Jacob Handl)

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(Posted 2025-08-28) CPDL #86558:

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-08-28). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 159 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Vidi speciosam
Composer: Jacob Handl
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 35
Description: Motet for the Assumption of the BVM.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Vidi speciosam.

Latin text

Vidi speciosam sicut columbam ascendentem desuper rivos aquarum:
Cuius inaestimabilis odor erat nimis in vestimentis eius.
Et sicut dies verni, circumdabant eam flores rosarum, et lilia convallium.

English translation

I saw the fair one rising like a dove above the streams of water:
whose priceless fragrance clung to her garments.
And as on a spring day, she was surrounded by roses and lily-of-the-valley.