Cantique de Siméon (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)

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• (Posted 2012-09-24)  CPDL #27217:         

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2012-09-24).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Mensural notation, original key and note values, original text spelling, musica ficta clearly marked, clefs modernized. Last revised: 2012-10-10

General Information

Title: Cantique de Siméon
Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

1^st part: Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
2^nd part: Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: French
translation by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)

Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1604 in Pseaumes de David, Livre 1, no. 51
Description: In the second part the Altus and the Sextus have the same ambitus. The Tenor part can easily be sung by basses.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Nunc dimittis.

French text

1 
Or laisses, Createur
En paix ton serviteur,
Ensuyvant ta promesse:
Puisque mes yeux ont eu
Ce crédit d'avoir veu
De ton salut l'adresse.

2 
Salut mis au devant
De ton peuple vivant,
Pour l'ouir et le croire:
Resource des petits,
Lumiere des Gentils,
Et d'Israel la gloire.