Rorate coeli (Vincenzo de Grandis)

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• (Posted 2020-07-07)  CPDL #59568:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2020-07-07).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 110 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A semi-diplomatic edition.

General Information

Title: Rorate coeli
Composer: Vincenzo de Grandis
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SS
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1616 in Selectae cantiones, no. 5
Description: A concertante motet for two sopranos and continuo. The text is partly based on Isaiah 45:8a.

Original text and translations

Versio Vulgata: Isaias 45:8a, Latin text Rorate, caeli, desuper, et nubes pluant justum; aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem Veni, Domine, et noli tardare. Alleluia.

Douay-Rheims Bible: English translation Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: Come, O Lord, Do not tarry. Halleluja.