Domus pudici pectoris (Heinrich Finck)

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• (Posted 2020-11-17)  CPDL #61498:       

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2020-11-17).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A semi-diplomatoric edition. The hymn in St. Gallen chant-variant included.

• (Posted 2010-09-07)  CPDL #22271:     

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2010-09-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 151 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: Das Chorwerk 9, ed. Rudolf Gerber, Berlin, 1932. Notation here is a minor third higher than the original. To ease SATB performance, we have exchanged the Alto and Tenor parts in measures 11-14 and 30-32. Translation, text underlay and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers.

General Information

Title: Domus pudici pectoris
Composer: Heinrich Finck

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Office hymn at Lauds on Christmas Day

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1542 in Sacrorum hymnorum liber primus (Georg Rhau), no. 9
  2nd published: 1930 in Das Chorwerk, no. 9.1

Description: Hymn at Lauds on Christmas Day (Verse 4 of "A solis ortus cardine")

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Original text and translations

Latin text Domus pudici pectoris Templum repente fit Dei: Intacta nesciens virum, Verbo concepit filium.

English translation The dwelling of a chaste soul Miraculously became a temple of God: Untouched, not knowing a man, By the Word she conceived a son.