Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris a 7 (Alvise Balbi)

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• (Posted 2015-09-29)  CPDL #36966:   

Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2015-09-29).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Edited from facsimile of original print Promptuarium musicum, Pars Tertia (Abraham Schadaeus). For other particulars please see the edition.

General Information

Title: Saule, saule, quid me persequeris a 7
Composer: Alvise Balbi
Source of text: Acts 9: 4-5, 26: 14-15.

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1606 in Ecclesiastici Concentus, no. 65
    2nd published: 1613 in Promptuarium musicum, Pars Tertia, no. 67
Description: Motet for the Conversion of Paul.

Original text and translations

Latin text Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris? Quid dixit: Quis es Domine? Et ille: Ego sum Jesus Nazarenus, quem tu persequeris: durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.

English translation "Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?" He said: "Who art thou, Lord?" The reply came: "I am Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest: hard it is for thee to kick against the pricks*." Alternatively, "the goad": a sharp stick used to persuade reluctant cattle.