Propter testamentum Domini (Jacob Handl)

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  • (Posted 2025-10-03)  CPDL #86979:     
Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-10-03).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 73 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Propter testamentum Domini
Composer: Jacob Handl
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 123
Description: Motet for the Common of Several Martyrs.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Propter testamentum Domini, et leges paternas,
sancti Dei perstiterunt in amore fraternitatis:
quia unus fuit semper spiritus in eis,
et una fides.

English.png English translation

Because of the covenant of the Lord and the laws of the fathers,
the saints of God persevered in the love of brotherhood:
for there was always one spirit in them,
and one faith.