Dicunt infantes (Jacob Handl)
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- CPDL #01586: ws-gall-di2.zip(Finale 2000)
- Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-11-03). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original SSAA version
- CPDL #01375: ws-gall-dic.zip(Finale 2000)
- Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-09-19). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: TTBB version
General Information
Title: Dicunt infantes
Composer: Jacob Handl
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SSAA (original) and TTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Dicunt infantes Domino laudes,
trucidati ab Herode, occisi praedicant,
quod vivi non poterant;
licuit sanguine loqui,
quibus lingua non licuit;
miscent cum Domino colloquia,
quibus humana negata sunt verba.
German translation
Die Kleinkinder sagen dem Herrn Lob,
hingemetzelt von Herodes, erschlagen verkündigen sie,
was sie lebend nicht konnten;
es war [denen] vergönnt, mit dem Blut zu sprechen,
denen mit der Zunge [zu sprechen] nicht vergönnt war;
die vereinigen ihre Gespräche mit dem Herrn,
denen menschliche Worte verwehrt waren.