Circumdederunt me (Heinrich Isaac)
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- Editor: Corinne Cooze (submitted 2018-01-13). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 307 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Direct transcription, SATB, but with the addition of the last phrase of the psalm verse, and moving the "et refugium meum" phrase into a chant-like chord movement. Same key as below.
- Editor: Corinne Cooze (submitted 2018-01-13). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 302 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Direct transcription, STTB, but with the addition of the last phrase of the psalm verse, and moving the "et refugium meum" phrase into a chant-like chord movement. Same key as above.
General Information
Title: Circumdederunt me
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SATB, STTB or ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Introit for Septuagesima
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1550 in Choralis Constantinus, Volume 1
Description: Polyphonic Introit for Septuagesima Sunday
Original text and translations
Latin text Circumdederunt me gemitus mortis, |
English translation The sorrows of death have assailed me, |