Quid concinunt pastores (Francesco Bianciardi)

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• (Posted 2024-03-06)  CPDL #79383:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2024-03-06).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 224 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth because of the chiavette used. Revised 2024-10-31.

• (Posted 2024-03-06)  CPDL #79382:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2024-03-06).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 228 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original pitch and note values. Revised 2024-10-31.

General Information

Title: Quid concinunt pastores
Composer: Francesco Bianciardi
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAAAT
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1615 in Reliquiae sacrorum concentuum, no. 11
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text Quid concinunt pastores, quos concinunt amores? Nos decantamus amorem, nos decantamus pastorem, quem aspeximus in stabulo, collaudatum ab Angelo. Natum vidimus, factorem coeli, mundi redemtorem. Alleluja. O pulchra, o cara dies, o nostr’amata quies, culpa jam dimissa est reo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Alleluja.

German translation Was singen die Hirten, welche Liebe besingen sie? Wir besingen die Liebe, wir besingen den Hirten, den wir im Stall sahen, hochgelobt durch den Engel. Wir haben den Neugeborenen gesehen, den Schöpfer des Himmels, den Erlöser der Welt. Halleluja. O lieblicher, o köstlicher Tag, o unser geliebter Friede, die Schuld ist schon erlassen dem Schuldner. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe. Halleluja. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation What do the shepherds sing, which love do they sing about? We sing about love, we sing about the shepherd that we beheld in the stable, praised by the Angel. We have seen the new-born, the creator of heaven, the redeemer of the world. Hallelujah. Oh sweet, o precious day, oh our beloved rest, the culpable is already exempted from his guilt. Glory to God in the highest, Hallelujah. Translation by Gerhard Weydt