Vidi turbam magnam (Teodoro Riccio)
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- Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2023-01-15). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 253 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch and note values (halved in the triple metre section).
General Information
Title: Vidi turbam magnam
Composer: Teodoro Riccio
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Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1580 in Secundus liber Sacrarum Cantionum, no. 27-28
Manuscript 1550 or later in Chorbuch Ansbach: Riccio, Lasso, Regnart, p. 39-56
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Original text and translations
The text is a combination of extracts from Revelation (Offenbarung) 7, 9 & 11, Revelation 5, 9 - 10 and Tobit (Tobias) 13, 10. For the respective terxt parts see Vidi turbam magnam, Redemisti nos Domine Deus and Benedicite Dominum omnes electi eius.
Latin text Vidi turbam magnam, quam dinumerare nemo poterat, |
German translation Ich sah eine große Schar, die niemand zählen konnte,
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English translation I saw a great throng which no man could number,
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