Egressus ejus a patre / Puer natus (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2019-12-04)  CPDL #56172:       

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2019-12-04).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A semi-diplomatic edition: Note values and key as in orig. Ficta added sparingly.

General Information

Title: Egressus ejus a patre/ Puer natus
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1542 in Sacrorum hymnorum liber primus (Georg Rhau), no. 6
Description: A setting of a stanza that, in some chant sources, is included in the hymn Veni redemptor gentium.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Egressus eius a Patre,
regressus eius ad Patrem.
excursus usque ad Inferos,
recursus ad sedem Dei.

Puer natus in Bethlehem
Unde gaudet Ierusalem,
Alleluia.