Quae est ista (Giovanni Contino)

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• (Posted 2024-11-04)  CPDL #82602:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2024-11-04).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a tone.

General Information

Title: Quae est ista
Composer: Giovanni Contino
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATBarB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1560 in Modulationum cum sex vocum liber primus, no. 11
Description: Source: Ioannis Contini ... modulationum cum 6 vocum, liber primus, Scotto, Venice, 1560.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Quae est ista quae ascendit
sicut aurora consurgens
pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol,
terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata?