Agnus Christus (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2012-12-03)  CPDL #27696:       

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2012-12-03).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 96 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a tone. Version with minor corrections posted on 20 September 2023.

General Information

Title: Agnus Christus
Composer: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: STTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1553 in Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 2, no. 8
    2nd published: 1555 in Evangelia dominicorum et festorum dierum tomus quartus (Berg & Neuber, Nuremberg) – attributed to Bartholomeus Comes (ie. le Conte), no. 12
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Original text and translations

Latin text Agnus Christus in cruce immolatur pro omnibus, non ei adhesit Petrus qui dicebat pro te moriar, reliquit eum Thomas qui clamabat dicens omnes cum eo moriamur et nullus ex illis, sed hic solus moritur. Hic solus dolores nostros tulit et languores hic solus portavit. Venite et videte coeli Rex Christus quare pependit in cruce, solus hic dolores nostros tulit.

English translation Christ the lamb was sacrificed on the cross for all mankind. Peter did not stay with him, who had said he would die for him. Thomas abandoned him, who had exclaimed that all would die with him. And none of them, but only he himself, died. He alone bore our sorrows and our weaknesses. Come and see how Christ, the king of Heaven, hangs on the cross. He alone bore our sorrows.