Hoc est praeceptum meum (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-08-09)  CPDL #86307:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-08-09).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 165 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Hoc est praeceptum meum
Composer: Jacob Handl
Text: John 15:12-14 (Vulgate)
Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 13
Description: Antiphon for Feasts of Apostles.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hoc est praeceptum meum.

Latin text Hoc est praeceptum meum, ut diligatis invicem, sicut dilexi vos. Majorem charitatem nemo habet ut animam suam ponat quis pro amicis suis. Vos amici mei estis si feceritis quae praecipio vobis dicit Dominus.

English translation This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. No one has greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you, says the Lord.