Hodie Simon Petrus (William Byrd)
Music files
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-10-14). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 165 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Jan 09.
General Information
Title: Hodie Simon Petrus
Composer: William Byrd
Note: In bar 19, Cantus secundus, the second minim should perhaps be a D rather than a C. - Mick Swithinbank
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: AATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1607 in Gradualia II, no. 42
Description: Magnificat antiphon, 2nd Vespers, SS Peter & Paul
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Original text and translations
Latin text Hodie Simon Petrus ascendit crucis patibulum, alleluia. |
English translation Today Simon Peter ascended the gibbet of the cross, alleluia: |