O rex gloriose (John Mason)
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- (Posted 2020-03-20) CPDL #57621:
- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2020-03-20). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 356 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the set of Henrician partbooks at Peterhouse, Cambridge and the 1519 printed Sarum antiphonal. Source pitch retained. Note values halved. The lost second tenor part has been supplied from the plainsong source and the lost first countertenor has been reconstructed editorially.
General Information
Title: O rex gloriose
Composer: John Mason
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: TTTTB
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: A cantus firmus setting of the Nunc dimittis antiphon at Compline from Passion Sunday to the Wednesday in Holy Week according to the Use of Salisbury.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O rex.
Nunc dimittis servum tuum,Domine:
secundum verbum tuum in pace.
Quia viderunt oculi mei: salutare tuum.
Quod parasti: ante faciem omnium populorum.
Lumen ad revelationem gentium: et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.
Glora Patri et Filio: et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper: et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.
O rex gloriose inter sanctos tuos,
qui semper es laudabilis, et tamen ineffabilis,
tu in nobis es, Domine,
et nomen sanctum tuum invocatum est super nos,
ne derelinquas nos, Deus noster,
ut in die iudicii nos collocare digneris inter sanctos
et electos tuos, rex benedicte.
Rex benedicte, tuos per prospera dirige servos.
Atque colant purae solemnia mistica Paschae.
Ut tergant miseras pia per ieiunia culpas.
Atque colant purae solemnia mistica Paschae.