Rorate caeli desuper (William Byrd)

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CPDL #23537: [ Icon_pdf.gif] 
Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-05-11).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transposed down a perfect fourth for ATTBarB
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-10-28).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 137 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Sept 08

General Information

Title: Rorate caeli desuper
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
or ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), vol.1 no.12

Description: Introit for Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin during Advent

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justum: aperiatur terra, et germinet salvatorem.
Benedixisti, Domine, terram tuam: avertisti captivitatem Jacob.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English.png English translation

Drop down ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: Let the earth open and bring forth a Saviour.
Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.