Praesepe jam fulget tuum (Michael Praetorius)

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• (Posted 2011-06-04)  CPDL #23666:       

Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2011-06-04).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 13 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Original key.

General Information

Title: Praesepe jam fulget tuum
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Lyricist: Ambrose of Milan

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: TT
Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1611 in Hymnodia Sionia, no. 9
Description: this is a setting of the seventh verse of the Advent hymn "Veni redemptor gentium". Other verses of the hymn published in Hymnodia Sionia include:

No. 1: verse 1, Veni redemptor gentium (a 4)

No. 7: verse 5, Egressus ejus a patre (a 5)

No. 8: verse 6, Aequalis aeterno patri (a 4)

No. 10: verse 8 (or verse 1), Deo patri sit gloria (a 7)

Original text and translations

Latin text Praesepe iam fulget tuum lumenque nox spirat novum, quod nulla nox interpolet fideque iugi luceat.

English translation Thy cradle here shall glitter bright, and darkness breathe a newer light where endless faith shall shine serene and twilight never intervene. Translation by John Mason Neale