Completi sunt dies Mariae (Sixt Dietrich)
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- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2017-03-20). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 524 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This is a one source edition, score and parts, from Cantiones Triginta Selectissimae (1568). The canon between tenor and second alto is resolwed and a second alto part is also printed. Rehearsal midis can be obtained by downloading and compiling the Lilypond source file.
General Information
Title: Completi sunt dies Mariae
Composer: Sixt Dietrich
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicings: SAATB or ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1568 in Cantiones Triginta Selectissimae, no. 8
Description: The Tenor and the second Alto parts are a two in one Canon where the folower (Alto II) starts a fifth higher and two measures later. Antiphon for the third psalm at First Vespers of Christmas.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Completi sunt dies Mariae ut pareret Filium suum primogenitum.
English translation
The days of Mary were accomplished that she should bring forth her first-born Son.