Domine Deus patrum nostrorum (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-08-01)  CPDL #86158:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-08-01).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 186 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Domine Deus patrum nostrorum
Composer: Jacob Handl
Text: Tobit 8:7, 9 (Vulgate)
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 3, no. 44
Description: Motet suitable for a wedding.

Original text and translations

Latin text Domine Deus patrum nostrorum, benedicant te caeli et terra, mare et fontes et flumina, et omnes creaturae tuae quae in eis sunt. Et nunc, Domine, tu scis quia non luxuriae causa accepi uxorem, sed sola posteritatis dilectione et continentiae, in qua benedicatur nomen tuum in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation O Lord, God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth bless you, the sea, the fountains, and the rivers, and all your creatures that are in them. And now, O Lord, you know that it is not for lust that I take this wife, but only for the love of posterity and in purity of heart, so that your name may be blessed forever and ever. Amen.