Ascendo ad Patrem
General information
Motet for Ascension.
Source of text is John 20:17; 15:26; 16:22; 14:16.
Settings by composers
- Blasius Ammon SAATB or ATTBB
- Jacob Handl SSATBB (Adds variant 2) All editions withdrawn
- Hans Leo Hassler SSAAT & SATTB
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB (Adds variant 1)
- Hieronymus Praetorius SSATTB (mittam Spiritum Sanctum)
- Samuel Scheidt SSAATTBB
Text and translations
Latin text 20:17b Ascendo ad Patrem meum et Patrem vestrum, Deum meum et Deum vestrum, alleluia. |
English translation 20:17b I ascend unto my Father and your Father, to my God and your God, alleluia. |