Rorate caeli desuper (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #23537: This edition has been withdrawn at the request of the editor. CPDL #23537: :Byrd_-_Rorate_caeli_down_a_perfect_fourth.pdf
- 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
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- CPDL #04127: Sibelius 4
- 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 ATTBarB
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 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 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.