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Christus resurgens (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2004-02-10).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 156 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised May 2008

General Information

Title: Christus resurgens
Composer: William Byrd

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), vol.2, no.10

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Prima pars
Christus resurgens ex mortuis,
jam non moritur,
mors illi ultra non dominabitur.
Quod enim vivit, vivit Deo, alleluia.

Secunda pars
Dicant nunc Iudaei
quomodo milites custodientes sepulcrum
perdiderunt Regem.
Ad lapidis positionem
quare non servabant Petram iustitiae?
Aut sepultum reddant,
aut resurgentem adorent,
nobiscum dicentes: Alleluia.

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