Domine praevenisti eum (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-10-03)  CPDL #86980:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-10-03).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 95 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Domine praevenisti eum
Composer: Jacob Handl
Text: Psalm 20:4-5 (Vulgate)
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 127
Description: Motet for the Common of Confessors and the Common of Martyrs.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 21.

Latin text Domine, praevenisti eum in benedictionibus dulcedinis; posuisti in capite ejus coronam de lapide praecioso. Vitam petiit, et tribuisti ei longitudinem dierum in saeculum saeculi.

English translation O Lord, you have gone before him with blessings of sweetness; you placed upon his head a crown of precious stone. He asked for life, and you granted it to him: length of days for ever and ever.