O summa, vera et sempiterna Trinitas (Vincenzo Ruffo)
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- Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2023-08-06). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 176 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: O summa, vera et sempiterna Trinitas
Composer: Vincenzo Ruffo
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Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for Trinity
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1583 in Sacrae modulationes senis vocibus concinuntur, Liber 1, no. 17
2nd published: 1588 Continuatio Cantionum Sacrarum (Friedrich Lindner), no. 30
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Original text and translations
The central part of the text is an extract of one of the meditations of St. Augustine, which starts with "O summa Trinitas".
Latin text O summa, vera et sempiterna Trinitas, cui nec oblivio tollit, nec memoria reddit, nec praeterita transeunt, nec futura succedunt, cui nec origo initium, nec tempora incrementum, nec casus finem praestabunt, miserere nobis. Alleluia. |
German translation O höchste, wahre und ewige Dreieinigkeit, der weder Vergessen etwas wegnimmt noch Erinnerung etwas hinzufügt, der weder Frühere vorangehen noch Zukünftige folgen, die weder ursprünglichen Beginn noch zeitliches Wachstum noch endlichen Fall kennt, erbarme dich unser. Halleluja. |
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