Postquam impleti sunt dies purgationis Mariae (Jhan Billon)

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• (Posted 2023-07-07)  CPDL #74522: 

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General Information

Title: Postquam impleti sunt dies purgationis Mariae
Composer: Jhan Billon
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SATTB or STTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for Purification

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539 (August) in Cantiones quinque vocum selectissimae (Peter Schöffer), no. 18
    2nd published: 1544 in Cipriani musici liber primus, quinque vocum, no. 21
    3rd published: 1549 in Primo libro de motetti a cinque voci, (Scotto, Venice), no. 5
    4th published: 1554 in Secundus liber modulorum, quatuor, quinque et sex vocum (Du Bosc & Guéroult, Geneva), no. 3
Description: Published by Peter Schoeffer, Strasbourg, 1539 and Gardane, Venice, 1544.

Original text and translations

Latin text Postquam impleti sunt dies purgationis Mariae secundum legem Moisi, tulerunt Jesum in Jerusalem ut sisterent eum Domino sicut scriptum est, ecce ego mitto angelum meum, qui praeparabit viam tuam ante faciem meam, et statim veniet ad templum sanctum suum, dominator Dominus quem vos quaeritis, et angelus testamenti, quem vos vultis.

English translation And when the days of Mary's purification were completed, according to the law of Moses, they took Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written, 'Behold, I will send my messenger who shall prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his holy temple, - tis the angel of the covenant, in whom you delight.’ Based on Luke 2: 22-23; Malachi 3: 1 (Gospel and Lesson for Mass on the Feast of the Purification).