Proles parentis optimi (Philippe de Monte)

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  • (Posted 2021-11-18)  CPDL #66750:       
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2021-11-18).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 111 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1579 print. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values. Alto in octave transposed violin clef.

General Information

Title: Proles parentis optimi
Composer: Philippe de Monte
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1579 in Sacrarum cantionum cum quinque vocibus … liber quintus, Venice, no. 16
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Proles parentis optimi
et par parenti maximo,
de luce vera vera lux,
verusque de Deo Deus.

Jam fuscat ignorantiae
caligo crassa pectora,
et nubilis erroribus
mentes tenebrae contegunt.

Exsurge sol purissime,
mundoque da diem suum,
nostramque noctem illuminans
erroris umbram discute.

Dissolve frigus horridum,
arvumque nostri pectoris
caloris lampadis tuae
humore purga noxio.

Ut irrigatus caelitus
roris beati nectare,
et centuplo cum faenore
caeleste semen proferat.