Non est alia natio (Francisco Valls)

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CPDL #12804: Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif Sibelius 2
Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (added 2006-10-10).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 57 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Some guesswork in setting words to choral parts.

General Information

Title: Non est alia natio
Composer: Francisco Valls

Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Continuo
Published: 1742

Description: From "Mapa Armonico Practico". Manuscript, including this score, published by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Figured bass unclear in places from poor reproduction. Few indications as to how words fit the choral parts.

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Original text and translations

From the Bible, Deuteronomy, chapter 4, verse 7

Latin.png Latin text

Non est alia natio tam grandis, quæ habeat Deos appropinquantes sibi, sicut tu, Deus noster, adest.

English.png English translation

For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is.