O salutaris hostia (Giovanni Battista Riccio)

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• CPDL #22986:     

Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2011-01-10).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 368 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes full score and parts in a single PDF.

General Information

Title: O salutaris hostia
Composer: Giovanni Battista Riccio

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SB

Genre: Sacred, Motet, Office hymn, Eucharistic song

Language: Latin
Instruments: Obligato violin, bassoon & Basso continuo
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Description: Transcribed from "Il Terzo Libro delle Divine Lodi Musicali". Canto, Basso, Violin, Fagotto & BC. The text are the last two stanzas of the hymn "Verbum Supernum Prodiens" written by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Hour of Lauds in the Divine Office of Corpus Christi.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O salutaris hostia.

Latin text

O salutaris Hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria.
Amen.