Istorum est regnum caelorum (Jacques Arcadelt)

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• (Posted 2024-02-12)  CPDL #79103:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2024-02-12).   Score information: A4, 16 pages, 133 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Istorum est regnum caelorum
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: SATTTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript 1545 in Cappella Sistina MS 24, no. 11
First published: 1564 in Thesaurus Musicus (1564), Volume 2, no. 5
Description: Published by Berg & Neuber, Nuremberg, 1564. Incorporates a canon between two middle voices.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Istorum est enim regnum caelorum,
istorum qui contempserunt vitam mundi
et pervenerunt ad praemia regni
et laverunt stolas suas in sanguine agni.

Isti sunt sancti qui pro testamento Dei sua corpora tradiderunt
et laverunt stolas suas in sanguine agni.