Dum medium silentium (Abundio Antonelli)

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• (Posted 2022-10-05)  CPDL #71037:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2022-10-05).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 172 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Cum [Dum] medium silentium
Composer: Abundio Antonelli
Lyricist: Wisdom 18:14-15^{create page}
Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: BB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Magnificat antiphon for Sunday after Christmas

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1625 in Sacri affetti contesti da diversi eccelentissimi autori, no. 9
Description: The original has Cum medium silentium....All modern sources give Dum ..... See Liber Usualis,p. 433, Dominica infra Octavam Nativitatis, In I. Vesperis. The same text (minus "Alleluia") is also used for the Introit, with the verse "Dominus regnavit".

Original text and translations

Latin text Dum medium silentium tenerent omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet, omnipotens sermo tuus, Domine a regalibus sedibus venit. Alleluia.

English translation While all things were in quiet silence and the night was in the midst of her course. Thy Almighty word, O Lord, came down from heaven from thy royal throne.