Circumdederunt me (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #05343: Sibelius 4
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-07-16). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 121 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised May 2008
General Information
Title: Circumdederunt me
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), no.15
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et pericula inferni invenerunt me.
Tribulationem et dolorem inveni, et nomen Domini invocavi. O Domine, libera animam meam. Ps. 114
English translation
The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.