O Oriens (Guillaume Leroy)
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- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2017-09-21). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 69 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: O Oriens, Splendor lucis eterne
Composer: Guillaume Leroy
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATBB
Genre: Sacred, Magnificat antiphon, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1534 in Motettorum, Book 7 (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 14
Description: Published as part of a set of O antiphons by various composers, O Oriens is that for Dec. 21
External websites:
- Attaignant print at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
Original text and translations
Latin text
O oriens, splendor lucis aeternae,
et sol iustitiae :
veni, et illumina sedentes
in tenebris et umbra mortis.