Jesu Christe, auctor vitae (Heinrich Finck)

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• (Posted 2010-09-07)  CPDL #22274:       

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2010-09-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 122 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: Das Chorwerk 9, ed. Rudolf Gerber, Berlin, 1931. Notation here is a fourth higher than original. Translation, text underlay and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers.

General Information

Title: Jesu Christe, auctor vitae
Composer: Heinrich Finck

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Liturgical music

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1542 in Sacrorum hymnorum liber primus (Georg Rhau), no. 84
    2nd published: 1930 in Das Chorwerk, no. 9.5
Description: For Mary Magdalene (July 22)

Original text and translations

Latin text Jesu Christe, auctor vitae, Qui in tuo sanguine Peccatum lavisti Adae: Mariae Magadalenae Tribuisti salutarem Fructum poenitentiae.

English translation Jesus Christ, creator of life, who in your blood have washed away the sin of Adam: upon Mary Magdalene you have bestowed health, the fruit of repentance.