Rex pacificus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• CPDL #27628: 

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2012-11-18).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: Pierluigi da Palestrina's Werke. Dritter Band. Breitkopf und Härtel. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values. Alto parts are in tenor clef.

General Information

Title: Rex pacificus
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1575, Motettorum liber tertius, 5, 6, 8vv, Venice

Description: Antiphon for the first psalm at First Vespers of Christmas

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Original text and translations

{{Text|Latin| Rex pacificus magnificatus est, cujus vultum desiderat universa terra.

English translation

Translation by Edward Tambling
The King of peace is magnified, whose face the whole earth desires.