Exultemus Domino (Benedetto Bagni)

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  • (Posted 2021-03-21)  CPDL #63604:         
Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2021-03-21).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 122 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Exultemus Domino
Composer: Benedetto Bagni
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1608 in Motectorum octonis vocibus, no. 9
    2nd published: 1612 in Promptuarium musicum, Pars Altera, no. 90
    3rd published: 1621 in Florilegium Portense, Volume 2, no. 143
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Exultemus Domino Regi summo,
qui suum sanctificavit tabernaculum.
O quam meruendus est locus iste;
vere non est hic aliud,
nisi domus Dei & porta cœli,
Hæc est domus Domini, firmiter ædificata,
bene fundata est supra firmam petram:
Exultemus Domino Regi summo.

English.png English translation

Let us worship the Lord above all kings,
Who sanctified this, his tabernacle.
How awe-inspiring is this place;
Truly it is nothing other
than the house of God, and the gateway to heaven.
This is the Lord's house, solidly built,
well grounded on solid rock:
Let us worship the Lord above all kings.

(trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)