Haec est dies a 8 (Claudio Merulo)
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- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2016-10-25). Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 521 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed up a major third from G-dorian.
General Information
Title: Haec est dies a 8
Composer: Claudio Merulo
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAT.ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1590 in Corollarium cantionum sacrarum, no. 15
2nd published: 1594 in Sacrarum concentuum Liber primus, no. 4
3rd published: 1598 in Sacræ Symphoniæ, Caspar Hassler
4th published: 1613 in Promptuarium musicum, Pars Tertia, no. 35
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Haec est dies quam fecit Dominus.
Hodie Dominus afflictionem populi sui respexit,
et redemptionem misit.
Hodie mortem quam femina intulit, femina fugavit.
Hodie Deus homo factus,
id quod fuit permansit,
et quod non erat assumpsit,
Ergo exordium nostrae redemptionis devote recolamus,
et exultemus dicentes:
Gloria tibi Domine.
Feast: Annuntiatio Mariae