Tui sunt coeli (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-11-19).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 102 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Jan 09

General Information

Title: Tui sunt coeli
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: AATB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no.4

Description: Offertory for Third Mass of the Nativity and the Octave of the Nativity

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Tui sunt coeli, et tua est terra, orbem terarum et plenitudinem ejus tu fundasti:
justitia et judicium preparatio sedis tuae.


English.png English translation

Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth, the world and the fullness thereof thou hast founded:
Justice and judgement are the preparation of thy throne.

Psalm 88: 12,15