Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli (William Byrd)
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- Editor: Matthew Collett (submitted 2008-04-14). Score information: A5, 4 pages, 311 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: A performing edition of the Prima pars only. Transposed up one tone for SATB, with note values halved.
- CPDL #05700: Sibelius 4
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-10-14). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 130 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised February 2008
General Information
Title: Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: ATTB or SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no. 16
Description: Alleluia, Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament. The music from the verse Caro mea to the end is reprinted exactly from the gradual Oculi Omnium (Gradualia I, 2/2), a unique example of a transfer from the earlier publication.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
- Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli Dominum Jesum in fractione panis.
- Alleluia. Caro mea vere est cibus, et sanguis meus vere est potus: qui manducat carnem, et bibit meum sanguinem, in me manet, et ego in eo. Alleluia.
English translation
from the score
- Alleluia. The disciples knew the Lord Jesus in the breaking of bread.
- Alleluia. My flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me: and I in him. Alleluia.