Ascendo ad Patrem

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General information

Motet for Ascension.
Source of text is John 20:17; 15:26; 16:22; 14:16.

Settings by composers

Blasius Ammon SAATB or ATTBB
Jacob Handl SSATBB (Adds variant 2) All editions withdrawn
Hans Leo Hassler SSAAT & SATTB
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB (Adds variant 1)
Hieronymus Praetorius SSATTB (... mittam vobis Spiritum Sanctum ...)
Samuel Scheidt SSAATTBB

Text and translations

Latin text

20:17b Ascendo ad Patrem meum et Patrem vestrum, Deum meum et Deum vestrum, alleluia.
Et dum assumptus fuero a vobis,
15:26 mittam vobis Spiritum veritatis
16:22 et gaudebit cor vestrum, alleluia.

Variant 1
14:16 Ego rogabo Patrem et alium Paracletum dabit vobis,
Spiritum veritatis…

Variant 2
Elevatis manibus benedixit eis et ferebatur in coelum. Alleluia.

English translation

20:17b I ascend unto my Father and your Father, to my God and your God, alleluia.
And when I am taken up from you,
15:26 I will send to you the Spirit of truth,
and your heart will rejoice, alleluia.

Variant 1
14:16 I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,
the Spirit of truth…

Variant 2