Cum autem esset Stephanus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- (Posted 2021-03-27) CPDL #63777:
- Original key (high chiavette): (MIDI)
- Transposed down a fourth: (MIDI) - Alto parts in transposed violin clef.
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2021-03-27). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 148 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Palestrina Werke, Band 6. Original note values.
General Information
Title: Cum autem esset Stephanus
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: A two-part motet in honour of St. Stephen, not published during Palestrina's lifetime.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Latin text
Cum autem esset Stephanus plenus Spiritu Sancto,
intendens in coelum vidit gloriam Dei et ait:
Ecce video coelos apertos et Filium hominis stantem a dextris virtutis Dei.
Positis autem genibus clamavit voce magna dicens:
Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum.
Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino.