Absterget Deus (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-08-30)  CPDL #86585:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-08-30).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 146 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Absterget Deus
Composer: Jacob Handl
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 49
Description: Motet for the Common of Several Confessors.

Original text and translations

Latin text Absterget Deus omnem lacrymam ab oculis sanctorum, [et jam/quia] non erit amplius neque luctus neque clamor, sed nec ullus dolor, quoniam priora transierunt. Non esurient neque sitient amplius, neque cadet super illos sol neque aestus, quoniam priora transierunt.

English translation God will wipe away every tear from the eyes of the saints, and there shall be no more mourning, nor crying, nor pain, for the former things have passed away. They shall neither hunger nor thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat, for the former things have passed away.