Tui sunt coeli (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #4216: Sibelius 4
- 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: Sacred, Motet
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 text
Tui sunt coeli, et tua est terra, orbem terarum et plenitudinem ejus tu fundasti:
justitia et judicium preparatio sedis tuae.
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