O crux ave, spes unica (Giaches de Wert)

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  • (Posted 2016-04-16)  CPDL #39351:         
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2016-04-16).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from Modulationum sacrarum quinque et sex vocum libri tres in unum volumen redacti, 1583 (Nuremberg). Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values.

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Title: O crux ave, spes unica
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 in Il secondo libro de motetti a cinque voci, no. 9
    2nd published: 1583 in Modulationum sacrarum quinque et sex vocum libri tres in unum volumen redacti, no. 10
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

O crux ave, spes unica
hoc passionis tempore
auge piis justitiam
reisque dona veniam.

(This text is a slightly altered version of v. 9 of Vexilla Regis)

English.png English text

O hail the cross our only hope
in this Passiontide
grant increase of grace to believers
and remove the sins of the guilty.