Sancti per fidem (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-09-03)  CPDL #86651:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-09-03).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 136 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Sancti per fidem
Composer: Jacob Handl
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 75
Description: Motet for the Common of Apostles.

Original text and translations

Latin text Sancti per fidem vicerunt regna, operati sunt iustitiam: quorum doctrina fulget Ecclesiam, ut sol et luna.

English translation The saints, through faith, conquered kingdoms, worked righteousness: their teaching makes the Church shine like the sun and the moon.