Viri Galilaei / Ascendit Deus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- (Posted 2021-01-12) CPDL #62351:
- Original key (high chiavette): (MIDI)
- Transposed down a tone: (MIDI)
- Transposed down a fourth: (MIDI) - Alto in transposed violin clef.
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2021-01-12). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 157 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1579 Gardano edition. Original note values.
- Editor: Raymond Nagem (submitted 2017-06-01). Score information: Letter, 11 pages, 139 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed down a major 2nd to F. Note values halved.
- Editor: Robert Webb (submitted 2012-04-03). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 77.9 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transposed down a major 3rd to E-flat Dorian, 8 pages long for booklet friendly printing. Music
- Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2010-05-24). Score information: A4, 16 pages, 114 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Down a fourth according to rules of chiavette transposition.
- (Posted 2001-03-01) CPDL #02141:
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2001-03-01). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 150 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Note values halved.
General Information
Title: Viri Galilaei / Ascendit Deus
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Source of text: Acts 1:11, Psalm 46:5 and Psalm 102:19a
Number of voices: 6vv Voicings: SSATTB or AATBBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1569 in Liber primus motettorum (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina), no. 23
2nd published: 1585 in Sacrae Cantiones (Friedrich Lindner), no. 24
Description: Palestrina composed a parody mass on the basis of this motet, which is also available in CPDL. The text is the first Antiphon at Second Vespers of Ascension (not the Introit at Mass).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Viri Galilaei and Ascendit Deus in jubilatione.
Latin text Viri Galilaei, quid statis aspicientes in coelum? |
English translation Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? |
French translation Hommes de Galilée, pourquoi arrêtez-vous à regarder au ciel? |
German translation Ihr Männer von Galiläa, was steht ihr da und schaut zum Himmel empor? |
Spanish translation Varones galileos, ¿por qué estáis mirando al cielo? |
- Posted in January 2021
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