Franciscus humilis (Carlo Gesualdo)

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  • (Posted 2013-11-14)  CPDL #30548:     
Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2013-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Reconstructed Sextus and Bassus parts copyright ©2005 Theo Verbey, first performed by Maarten Michielsen & Cappella Gabrieli in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 2007.

General Information

Title: Franciscus humilis
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: SacredMotet for Francis of Assisi

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1603 in Sacrae cantiones II, no. 18
Description: Part of the Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, whose sextus and basses part books were lost and are reconstructed/completed in modern editions.

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Original text and translations

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Franciscus, humilis et pauper,
dives cælum ingreditur
et splendore indutus
hymnis cælestibus honoratur.