Miserere mei a 6 (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-06-17)  CPDL #85486:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-06-17).   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 249 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Miserere mei a 6
Composer: Jacob Handl
Text: Psalm 50:3-5, 12-15
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 1, no. 82
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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 51.

Latin text 3  Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam; et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam. 4  Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me. 5  Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco, et peccatum meum contra me est semper. 12  Cor mundum crea in me, Deus, et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis. 13  Ne projicias me a facie tua, et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me. 14  Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui, et spiritu principali confirma me. 15  Docebo iniquos vias tuas, et impii ad te convertentur.

English translation 3  Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity. 4  Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 5  For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me. 12  Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels. 13  Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 14  Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit. 15  I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.