Fac cum servo tuo (William Byrd)

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  • CPDL #06131:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif 
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-11-24).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 172 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth from published pitch.
  • CPDL #06130:      (Sibelius 4)
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-11-24).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 126 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised March 2008. At published pitch.

General Information

Title: Fac cum servo tuo
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Template:Published: Cantiones sacrae II (1591), no. 5

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Fac cum servo tuo secundum misericordiam tuam
et justificationes tuas doce me.
Servus tuus sum ego: da mihi intellectum,
ut sciam testimonia tua.

English.png English translation

Do with thy servant according to thy mercy:
and teach me thy justifications.
I am thy servant: give me understanding,
that I may know thy testimonies.

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 119. (v. 124-125)