Illumina nos (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• (Posted 2013-11-16)  CPDL #30571:       

Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2013-11-16).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 140 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Reconstructed Sextus and Bassus parts copyright ©2005 Joop Voorn.

General Information

Title: Illumina nos
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: SSATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1603 in Sacrae cantiones II, no. 20
Description: Part of the Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, whose sextus and basses part books were lost and are reconstructed/completed in modern editions, of which one of the most notable is Stravinsky's Tres sacrae cantiones (including Illumina nos).

Original text and translations

Latin text Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus Septiformini Paracliti gratia: Ut per eam a delictorum tenebris liberati, Vitae gloria perfruamur.

English translation Enlighten us, O God of mercies, with the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit: That through him, liberated from the darkness of sin, We may enjoy the glory of life.