Eia O Jesu parvule (Luca Marenzio)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-04-02). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 73 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Eia O Jesu parvule
Composer: Luca Marenzio
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1606 in Hortus musicalis . . . authore R.P. Michaele Herrerrio, Passau, Book 1, no. 15
Description: Christ-tide motet. A very early allusion (?the earliest) to the shepherds' piffaro/pastorale style which became ubiquitous in the eighteenth century.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Eia O Jesu parvule nata Mariae. |
English translation Eia, tiny Jesus born of Mary. (trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes) |