Isti sunt viri sancti (Ivo de Vento)

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• (Posted 2025-11-24)  CPDL #87529:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2025-11-24).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1574 print. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values.

General Information

Title: Isti sunt viri sancti
Composer: Ivo de Vento
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1574 in Mutetae aliquot sacrae 4 vocum, no. 14
Description: Most instances of "ut Sol" (like the Sun) are on a rising fifth of C - G or G - D (which are the solmization syllables for ut and sol in the hexachordum naturale and durum).

Original text and translations

Latin text

Isti sunt viri sancti quos elegit Dominus in charitate non ficta,
et dedit illis gloriam sempiternam,
quorum doctrina fulget Ecclesia ut Sol et Luna.