Fuit homo missus a Deo a 5 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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  • (Posted 2021-06-30)  CPDL #64915:     
Editor: Simon Biazeck (submitted 2021-06-30).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 293 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original pitch.
  • (Posted 2021-06-30)  CPDL #64914:     
Editor: Simon Biazeck (submitted 2021-06-30).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 302 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transposed down a tone.
  • (Posted 2018-08-30)  CPDL #51070: 
Original key (high chiavette):   (MIDI)    
Transposed down a tone:   (MIDI)  
Transposed down a fourth:   (MIDI)   - Alto parts in transposed violin clef.
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-08-30).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 161 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1575 print. Original note values.

General Information

Title: Fuit homo missus a Deo a 5 (not to be confused with Palestrina's other setting for 4 vv)
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: SacredMotet for the Nativity of John the Baptist

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1575 in Motettorum liber tertius, 5-8vv, no. 8
    2nd published: 1583 in Harmoniae miscellae cantionum sacrarum, no. 5
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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Fuit homo missus.

Latin.png Latin text

Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Johannes.
Hic venit in testimonium, ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine,
et pararet Domino plebem perfectam.

Erat Johannes praedicans in deserto baptismum poenitentiae.
Hic venit in testimonium, ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine,
et pararet Domino plebem perfectam.