Resplenduit facies ejus (Tomás Luis de Victoria)

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• (Posted 2017-07-31)  CPDL #45717:       

Editor: Raymond Nagem (submitted 2017-07-31).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Note values halved. Transposed up a minor third for SSATB.

• (Posted 2004-10-19)  CPDL #08176: 

Editor: Nancho Alvarez (submitted 2004-10-19).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Listed alphabetically under 'Motetes'. Full score and individual parts available as midi files, also available as Postscript file.

General Information

Title: Resplenduit facies ejus
Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Transfiguration

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Motecta festorum (Tomás Luis de Victoria), no. 20
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Original text and translations

Latin text Resplenduit facies ejus sicut sol, vestimenta autem ejus facta sunt alba sicut nix. Et ecce apparuerunt illis Moyses et Elias, loquentes cum Jesu. Alleluia.

English translation His face shone like the sun, and his clothes likewise became as white as snow. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, speaking with Jesus.