Dum aurora finem daret (Francisco Guerrero)
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- Editor: Abel Di Marco (submitted 2004-10-01). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 16.76 MB Copyright: Religious
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Title: Dum aurora finem daret
Composer: Francisco Guerrero
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Last responsory from the Matins of St. Cecilia
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Dum aurora finem daret,
Caecilia exclamavit dicens:
Eia, milites Christi,
abjicite opera tenebrarum.
English translation
As dawn was fading into day,
Cecilia cried:
'Arise, soldiers of Christ,
Cast away the works of darkness.'