Descendit de coelis - Et exivit per auream portam (William Byrd)
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- (Posted 2014-12-01) CPDL #33529:
- Editor: Robin Doveton (submitted 2014-12-01). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 108 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed up a 4th for SAATTB.
- (Posted 2004-07-22) CPDL #07682: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2004-07-22). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 143 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Dec 08.
General Information
Title: Descendit de coelis - Ex exivit per auream portam
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: ATTBBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1591 in Cantiones Sacrae II, no. 21-22
Description: A setting of the text of the third respond at Matins, Christmas Day, Sarum rite. The structure of Byrd's setting would allow its use in the liturgy, although this can hardly have been intended.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Descendit de cœlis, missus ab arce Patris, introivit per aurem virginis in regionem nostram, indutus stola purpurea.
Et exivit per auream portam, lux et decus universæ fabricæ mundi.
German translation
Er stieg von den Himmeln herab, gesandt von der Burg des Vaters, trat durch das Ohr der Jungfrau in unser Gebiet ein, angetan mit purpurner Stola.
Und er ging hinaus durch die goldene Pforte, Licht und Zierde der gesamten Kunstfertigkeit der Welt.