In honore matris Dei (Eustache Barbion)
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- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2024-03-13). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 112 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third.
General Information
Title: In honore matris Dei
Composer: Eustache Barbion
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1553 in Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 6 (Susato), no. 8
Description: Published by Susato, Antwerp, 1553. An attractive motet, partly thanks to its unusual text.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
In honore matris Dei
et ejus memoria decantemus omnes ei:
Ave plena gratia quae pro salute electa
humanae propaginis virgo mater es effecta Dei
sic et hominis super caeloque assumpta
juxta Dei dexteram teque venerantur
cuncta ut Dei matrem veram.
Ergo pro nobis beata nostri tu memineris
et virtute tibi data nobis auxilieris
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Maria.
Amen.