Ab ortu solis - Venite comedite (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #4672:
- Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-03-23). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 142 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Edition also includes both parts. Revised January 2008.
- CPDL #4709:
Sibelius
- Editor: Steve Sanders (added 2003-04-04). Score information: 4 pages, 92 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: First part, Ab ortu solis
- CPDL #4710: Sibelius
- Editor: Steve Sanders (added 2003-04-04). Score information: 2 pages, 68 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Second part, Venite comedite.
General Information
Title: Ab ortu solis
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), nos. 13 & 14
Description: Motet in two parts. Tract for Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament.
- Prima pars: Ab ortu solis
- Secunda pars: Venite comedite
Original text and translations
Latin text
Ab ortu solis usque ad occasum, magnum est nomen meum in gentibus.
Et in omni loco sacrificatur, et offertur nomini meo oblatio munda:
quia magnum est nomen meum in gentibus.
Venite comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.
(Tract for the Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament)
English translation
From the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles.
Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.