Ascendo ad Patrem
General information
Motet for Ascension.
Source of text is John 20:17 (the 1st antiphon at Vespers), often followed by a 2nd part drawing from John 15:26 & 16:22.
Settings by composers
- Blasius Ammon SAATB or ATTBB (antiphon only)
- Jacob Handl SSATBB (Adds "Elevatis manibus…")
- Hans Leo Hassler SSAAT & SATTB (2nda pars "Et dum assumptus…")
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB (thru "…et dum … cor vestrum, alleluia." with 2nd part "Ego rogabo …")
- Hieronymus Praetorius SSATTB ("Et dum assumptus... mittam vobis Spiritum Sanctum et gaudebit...")
- Samuel Scheidt SSAATTBB (2nda pars "Et dum assumptus…")
- Ludwig Senfl, probably SATB (antiphon only)
Text and translations
Latin text 20:17b Ascendo ad Patrem meum et Patrem vestrum, Deum meum et Deum vestrum, alleluia. |
English translation 20:17b I ascend unto my Father and your Father, to my God and your God, alleluia. |