O crux ave, spes unica (Giaches de Wert)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2016-04-16). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 89 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Modulationum sacrarum quinque et sex vocum libri tres in unum volumen redacti, 1583 (Nuremberg). Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values.
General Information
Title: O crux ave, spes unica
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1581 in Il secondo libro de motetti a cinque voci, no. 9
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O crux ave, spes unica
hoc passionis tempore
auge piis justitiam
reisque dona veniam.
(This text is a slightly altered version of v. 9 of Vexilla Regis)