Haec est arbor dignissima (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)

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• (Posted 2020-09-29)  CPDL #60731:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2020-09-29).   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 109 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Haec est arbor dignissima
Composer: Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: STTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1553 in Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 7 (Susato), no. 4
    2nd published: 1555 in Evangelia dominicorum et festorum dierum tomus quartus (Berg & Neuber), no. 23
Description: Published in Susato's Liber septimus. In the initial typesetting, the motet was attributed to Jean Louys, subsequently corrected to Clemens non Papa.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Haec est arbor dignissima in qua salutis auctor propria morte mortem omnium superavit.
O crux benedicta, quae sola fuisti digna portare regem caelorum et dominum.