Gaudent in coelis (Hans Leo Hassler)

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Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2012-08-25).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 102 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Original pitch; note values halved (quartered in proportio tripla section).

General Information

Title: Gaudent in coelis
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet, Antiphon for Common of Martyrs

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Sacri concentus, 1601

Description: This magnificat-antiphon for the second vespers in the common of martyrs is No. 16 in Hassler's Sacri concentus (No. 19 in the revised 1612 edition).

Original text and translations

Latin text Gaudent in coelis animae Sanctorum, qui Christi vestigia sunt secuti: et quia pro ejus amore sanguinem suum fuderunt, ideo cum Christo exsultant sine fine. Alleluja.

English translation The souls of the saints rejoice in heaven, they who have followed in the footsteps of Christ; and because they shed their blood for love of Him, they rejoice with Christ without end. Alleluia.

German translation Die Seelen der Heiligen freuen sich im Himmel, die den Spuren Christi gefolgt sind, und weil sie für seine Liebe ihr Blut vergossen haben, deshalb jubeln sie mit Christus ohne Ende.