Caput apri defero (Robert Lucas Pearsall)

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• (Posted 2019-12-11)  CPDL #56233:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-12-11).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

• (Posted 2013-07-02)  CPDL #29559:        (Sibelius 7)

Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2013-07-02).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Score 31/10/2020 updated with corrections

General Information

Title: Caput apri defero
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1878 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 11, no. 314
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Original text and translations

English text

Caput apri defero,
Reddens laudes Domino.

The boar's head in hand bring I,
With garlands gay and rosemary,
I pray you all sing merrily,
Qui estis in convivio.

Caput apri defero,
Reddens laudes Domino.

The boar's head, I understand,
Is the chief service in this land;
Look, wherever it be fand,
Servite cum cantico!

Caput apri defero,
Reddens laudes Domino,
Qui estis in convivio,
Servite cum cantico.