Quae mulier (Sebastian Homo)

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• (Posted 2023-06-16)  CPDL #74171:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2023-06-16).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 130 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Quae mulier
Composer: Sebastian Homo
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Magnificat antiphon for Pentecost III

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1617 in Promptuarium musicum, Pars Quarta, no. 23
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Original text and translations

Text is Luke 15,8.

Latin text Quae mulier habens drachmas decem et si perdiderit drachmam unam nonne accendit lucernam et everrit domum et quaerit diligenter donec inveniat?

German translation Welche Frau, die zehn Silbergroschen hat und einen davon verliert, zündet nicht ein Licht an und kehrt das Haus und sucht mit Fleiß, bis sie ihn findet?

English translation What woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?