Audivi vocem (Thomas Tallis)

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• CPDL #10850: Sibelius 2

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2006-01-26).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 150 kbytes    Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

• CPDL #10724: Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-01-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 50 kbytes    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Midi file: 6 Kbyte, Sibelius 4 file: 35 KByte - this edition has CHANT added, and has been fixed with Mick Swithinbank's edits.

• CPDL #10632: Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-01-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kbytes    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Midi file: 6 Kbyte, Sibelius 4 file: 35 KByte - this edition has been fixed with Mick Swithinbank's edits.

• CPDL #10616: Encore

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-01-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 35 kbytes    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Use Sibelius score if possible. Encore has problem with whole-note rests.

General Information

Title: Audivi vocem
Composer: Thomas Tallis
Source of text: Jeremiah 40:10 and Matthew 25:6

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Responsorium
A couple of extra points concerning the score to which I previously suggested changes. In bar 9, the alto's first three notes appear to be identical to the soprano's, whereas they should be: whole note B flat, half-note A. In bar 21 the alto's penultimate note (quarter-note F) should be deleted, so that the first note in bar 22 (likewise a quarter-note F) can be brought forward into bar 21. In bar 22, the alto's C sharp should be a half-note and its penultimate note in this bar should be editorially modified to C natural. In bar 28, the tenor should have C sharp rather than C natural, by analogy with bar 7, creating a nice false relation. Some editions also have a passage of plainsong at the end, which is not included here.

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Audivi vocem de caelo venientem:
Oleum recondite in vasis vestris,
dum sponsus advenerit.
Media nocte clamor factus est.
Ecce sponsus venit.

English translation
by Mick Swithinbank, drawing on the Douay-Rheims Bible translation

I heard a voice from heaven saying:
Lay up the oil in your vessels
when the bridegroom cometh.
At midnight there was a cry made:
Behold the bridegroom cometh.