Ab ortu solis - Venite comedite (William Byrd)

Music files

**L E G E N D**
ICON	SOURCE
	Pdf
	Midi
	MusicXML
	Sibelius
	File details
	Help

(Posted 2024-08-11) CPDL #81569:

Editor: James Wetzel (submitted 2024-08-11). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 92 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting and transposition of #04672 into B Flat (cadences in F)

(Posted 2007-10-18) CPDL #15211:

Editor: Michael Gibson (submitted 2007-10-18). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 117 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: (accompaniment supplied for rehearsal). Second part, Venite comedite. SATB.

(Posted 2003-04-04) CPDL #04709:

Editor: Steve Sanders (submitted 2003-04-04). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 92 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: First part, Ab ortu solis. SATB.

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: m19 bass beat 4 should be E instead of D? -- Vaarky 07:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC) See the discussion page for full description.

(Posted 2003-04-04) CPDL #04710:

Editor: Steve Sanders (submitted 2003-04-04). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 68 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Second part, Venite comedite. SATB.

(Posted 2003-03-23) CPDL #04672: (Sibelius 4)

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-03-23). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 142 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: ATTB. Edition includes both parts. Revised January 2008.

General Information

Title: Ab ortu solis
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: ATTB or SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Eucharistic song

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1607 in Gradualia II, no. 13 & 14
2nd published: 1977 in The Chester Book of Motets, Book 2, no. 4
Description: Motet in two parts. Tract for Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament.

Parts in this work

1. Ab ortu solis – Prima pars

2. Venite comedite – Secunda pars

Original text and translations

Latin text

Ab ortu solis usque ad occasum, magnum est nomen meum in gentibus.
Et in omni loco sacrificatur, et offertur nomini meo oblatio munda:
quia magnum est nomen meum in gentibus.
Venite comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.

German translation

Vom Aufgang der Sonne bis zum Untergang ist groß mein Name unter den Völkern.
Und an jedem Ort wird geopfert und meinem Namen das reine Opfer dargebracht:|}
denn groß ist mein Name unter den Völkern.
Kommt und eßt mein Brot und trinkt den Wein, den ich euch gemischt habe.

English translation

From the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles,
and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation:
for my name is great among the Gentiles.
Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.