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




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Michael, standard-bearer of heaven—
Michael, standard-bearer of heaven—
Gabriel, the light-bringer of the world—
Gabriel, the light-bringer of the world—
Raphael—
Raphael— the three archangels
the three archangels of Christ and all the angels,
of Christ and all the angels,
the beloved ones:
the beloved ones:
through all the ages
through all the ages
they protect our bodily purity from the snares and treacheries of our enemies.
they protect our bodily purity
May they always guard us, and after death may they receive us.
from the snares and treacheries of our enemies.
Let us sing the praise of the angels to the Lord Most High.
May they always guard us,
 
and after death may they receive us.
(Note that the comma after "corpora" is spurious, as it breaks up the phrase.)
Let us sing the praise of the angels
to the Lord Most High.
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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: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Opus musicum tomus quartus (Prague: Georg Nigrinus, 1586)

Description: This motet for Michaelmas is No. 140 in Handl's Opus musicum, Book IV.

Original text and translations

Latin.png 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.png English text

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.