Magi veniunt ab oriente (Michael des Buissons)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2018-11-01). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 152 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Magi veniunt ab oriente
Composer: Michael des Buissons
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1568 in Novi thesauri musici (Pietro Giovannelli), Liber 1, no. 19
Description: Motet for Epiphany. Buissons's text "Magi venerunt" has been changed editorially to "Magi veniunt". The former
is arguably more coherent grammmatically, the latter is the standard usage.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Magi veniunt ab oriente.