Motet of the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)

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• (Posted 2019-06-03)  CPDL #54454: 

Editor: Antonio Campos Monteiro Neto (submitted 2019-06-03).   Score information: Legal, 29 pages, 360 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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General Information

Title: Motteto da Festa da Degolação de S. João Bap.ta ("Motet of the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist")
Composer: José Maurício Nunes Garcia
Lyricist:

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: Orchestra 2022-2200 timpani & strings

First published:
Opus: CPM 63, 3 Sections
Description: "Misso Herodes" (for solo bass) is drawn from the Magnificat antiphon at First Vespers, while "Arguebat Herodem Joannes" is the 4th Psalm antiphon.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Joannes Baptista arguebat Herodem
Propter Herodiadem
quam tulerat fratri suo viventi uxorem

verso:
Misso Herodes spiculatore
præcepit amputare caput Joannis in carcere.