Reduc, Domine Deus meus, oculos majestatis, SWV 75 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2021-07-18)  CPDL #65180: 

Original setting:

• Full score:    
• Basso Continuo:  

Simplified:

• Full score:      
• Basso Continuo:  

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2021-07-18).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 180 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print, Mensurstrich layout, original key signature and note values, clefs modernized, musica ficta clearly marked.. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
The original composition switches between triple meter (⁶/₄) and common time at different points. The simplified version avoids this by using triplets instead, which is easier to read. It corresponds to the solution provided in James Gibb's edition #34926

• (Posted 2015-03-28)  CPDL #34926:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2015-03-28).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 146 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Clefs modernised. The source is available on IMSLP. Revised files uploaded 18/07/21

General Information

Title: Reduc, Domine Deus meus, oculos majestatis, SWV 75
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Augustine of Hippo

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1625 in Cantiones sacrae, Op. 4, no. 23
    2nd published: 1887 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 4, no. 23
    3rd published: 2004 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 8, no. 23
Description: Third part; first part is Aspice Pater; second part is Nonne hic est.

Original text and translations

Latin text Reduc, Domine Deus meus, oculos majestatis tuae super opus ineffabilis pietatis; intuere dulcem natum, toto, toto corpore extensum, cerne manus inoxias pio manantes sanguine, et remitte placatus scelera, quae patrarunt manus meae.

English translation Turn, O Lord my God, the eyes of your majesty, upon this work of ineffable tenderness; Behold thy sweet child, Whose whole body was stretched out; Behold the innocent hands Welling with sacred blood, and relent and forgive the crimes my hands have perpetrated. Translation by James Gibb