Homo quidam descendebat (Georg Otto)
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- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2026-02-11). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 91 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed up a tone.
General Information
Title: Homo quidam descendebat
Composer: Georg Otto
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1604
Description: Published by Wilhelm Wessel, Kassel, 1604. Relates the parable of the Good Samaritan and the response to it as set out in St Luke's Gospel.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Homo quidam descendebat ab Jerosolimis in Jericho
et incidit in latrones qui etiam despoliaverunt eum
et plagis impositis abierunt semivivo relicto.
Quis tibi videtur proximus fuisse,
illi qui incidit in latrones?
At ille dixit:
qui fecit misericordiam erga illum.
