Sprevit hic mundi (Thomas Stoltzer)
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- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2013-07-14). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 76 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Original key; note values halved. Editorial accidentals added.
General Information
Title: Sprevit hic mundi
Composer: Thomas Stoltzer
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1542 in Sacrorum hymnorum liber primus (Georg Rhau), no. 89
Description: Setting of the fourth verse of the hymn "Martyris Christi colimus" (for the feast of St. Lawrence).
Original text and translations
Latin text
Sprevit hic mundi peritura dona,
fert opem nudis, alimenta claudis,
dividit nummos miseris catervis
corde flagranti.