Puer qui natus est (Hieronymus Praetorius)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2020-03-01). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 141 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1599 print. Original key and note values.
General Information
Title: Puer qui natus est
Composer: Hieronymus Praetorius
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAT.ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for the feast of John the Baptist
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1599 in Cantiones sacrae de praecipuis festis totius anni, Hamburg, no. 23
2nd published: 1621 in Florilegium Portense, Volume 2, no. 126
Description: The piece has an extremely large ambitus. The first soprano goes up to a’’, whereas the second bass goes down to low C.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Puer qui natus est, plus quam propheta est:
hic est de quo Salvator ait:
Inter natos mulierum
non surrexit major Johanne Baptista.
Hic praecursor dilectus et lucerna lucens ante Dominum.
Ipse enim est Johannes,
qui viam Domino praeparavit in eremo.