Laudemus viros gloriosos (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2024-05-10)  CPDL #80605:     

Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2024-05-10).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 50 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: The tenor 4th note is indeed C in the BSB 1590 print; an A seems more plausible.

General Information

Title: Laudemus viros gloriosos
Composer: Jacob Handl
Lyricist: Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 44:1-5^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum, Volume 4, no. 128
Description: 

Original text and translations

Latin text Laudemus viros gloriosos et parentes nostros in generatione sua, multam gloriam fecit Dominus, magnificentia ejus à seculo. Dominantes in potestatibus suis, homines magni virtute et prudentia tua praediti, nunciantes [nuntiantes] in prophetis dignitatem prophetarum, imperantes in praesenti populo et in virtute prudentiae populis sanctissima verba, in petitia sua requirentes modos musicos et narrantes carmina scripturarum.

English translation Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation. The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning. Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets, And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words. Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.