Hora est jam (Giaches de Wert)

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  • (Posted 2018-09-28)  CPDL #51383: 
Original key (high chiavette):   (MIDI)     - Bass in octave transposed violin clef.
Transposed down a fourth:   (MIDI)   - Alto in octave transposed violin clef.
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-09-28).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 191 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1581 print. Original note-values.

General Information

Title: Hora est jam
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist: Romans 13;11-14

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 in Il secondo libro de motetti a cinque voci, no. 3
    2nd published: 1583 in Modulationum sacrarum quinque et sex vocum libri tres in unum volumen redacti, no. 24
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Hora est jam nos de somno surgere,
nunc enim propior est nostra salus
quam cum credidimus.
Nox praecessit dies autem appropinquavit
abiiciamus ergo opera tenebrarum
et induamur arma lucis.

Sicut in die honeste ambulemus
non in comesationibus et ebrietatibus,
non in conbilibus et impudititiis,
non in contentione et aemulatione,
sed induimini Dominum Jesum Christum.