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Ascendens Christus in altum (Tomás Luis de Victoria)

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Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-26).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 143 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 143 KB, MIDI: 17 KB, Finale 2006: 57 KB.
Editor: Christoph Dalitz (submitted 2006-10-30).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 290 kbytes   Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Germany
Edition notes: Transposed to E minor with occasional slight modifications to adjust it for a modern mixed choir. Includes a report about the editorial principles.
Editor: Nancho Alvarez (submitted 2004-10-19).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 106 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: listed alphabetically under 'Motetes'. full score and individual parts available as midi files.
Editor: Lora Crighton (submitted 2002-11-06).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 284 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Ascendens Christus in altum
Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Florilegium Sacrarum Cantionum - Petrius Phalesius - 1609.

Description: Number 20 of "Florilegium Sacrarum Cantionum"

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Ascendens Christus in altum, alleluia.
Captivam duxit captivitatem, alleluia.
Dedit dona hominibus, alleluia.
Ascendit Deus in jubilatione,
et Dominus in voce tubae, alleluia.
Dedit dona hominibus, alleluia.


English.png English translation

Christ rose up, alleluja.
And took captivity prisoner, alleluja.
He gave gifts to the men, alleluja.
God rose in jubilation,
and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet, alleluja.
He gave gifts to the men, alleluja.

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