Puer qui natus est (Hieronymus Praetorius)

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• (Posted 2020-03-01)  CPDL #57311:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2020-03-01).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 133 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: 1613 in Promptuarium musicum, Pars Tertia, no. 19
    3rd 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.

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.