Quae est ista quae ascendit (Pierre de Manchicourt)

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• (Posted 2019-12-22)  CPDL #56380:     

Editor: Andrew Fysh (submitted 2019-12-22).   Score information: A4, 15 pages, 405 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Transposed one tone higher (for SSATBB), otherwise identical to CPDL #56067 below. Revised edition uploaded 05 January 2021.

• (Posted 2019-11-26)  CPDL #56067:     

Editor: Andrew Fysh (submitted 2019-11-26).   Score information: A4, 15 pages, 406 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: At original notated pitch (for SSATBB). Original note values retained. Transcribed and edited from the source listed below. Revised edition uploaded 05 January 2021.

General Information

Title: Quae est ista quae ascendit (2.p. Ista est speciosa)
Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt
Source of text: Song of Songs

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATBB

Genre: Sacred, Motet, Responsory at Matins for the Feast of the Assumption

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1554 in Phalèse, Cantionum sacrarum liber 5 (Pierre de Manchicourt), no. 13
Description: This is one of seven settings of text from the Song of Songs (Canticum Canticorum) among Manchicourt's output of more than seventy motets.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Quae est ista quae processit.

Latin text Quae est ista quae ascéndit sicut sol,  et formósa tamquam Jerúsalem? Vidérunt eam fíliae Sion et beátam dixérunt,  et regínae laudavérunt eam. Ista est speciósa inter fílias Jerúsalem,  pulchra ut luna, elécta ut sol,  cujus odor vestimentórum  super ómnia arómata.

English translation Who is she that has ascended like the sun,  and was as beautiful as Jerusalem? Zion's daughters saw her and called her blessed,  and queens praised her. This is the fair one among the daughters of Jerusalem,  beautiful as the moon, excellent as the sun,  the scent of whose garments  is above all manner of spices.