Michael, coeli signifer (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2014-12-02)  CPDL #33564:       

Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2014-12-02).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 111 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Tranposed down a minor third (according to chiavette); note values halved (quartered in proportio tripla). Editorial accidentals and slurs added.

General Information

Title: Michael, coeli signifer
Composer: Jacob Handl

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum, Volume 4, no. 140
Description: Motet for Michaelmas.

Original text and translations

Latin text Michael, coeli signifer, Gabriel, mundi lucifer, Raphael, tres archangeli Christi et omnes angeli, amantes casta corpora nostra per cuncta saecula tuentur ab insidiis hostium et perfidiis. Hi nos semper custodiant et post mortem suscipiant, angelorum altissimo laudem canamus Domino.

English translation Michael, standard-bearer of heaven— Gabriel, the light-bringer of the world— Raphael— the three archangels of Christ and all the angels, the beloved ones: through all the ages they protect our bodily purity from the snares and treacheries of our enemies. May they always guard us, and after death may they receive us. Let us sing the praise of the angels to the Lord Most High.