Angelus ad pastores ait (Claudio Monteverdi)

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CPDL #23438: Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif Finale 2009
Editor: Paul R. Marchesano (submitted 2011-04-26).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original pitch one whole toner lower.

General Information

Title: Angelus ad pastores ait
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSA
or Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1582

Description: This piece for three equal voices from Monteverdi's "Sacrae Cantiunculae No. 16" can also be sung by men's voices (TTB). The text is the 3rd Antiphon at Lauds on Christmas Day.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Angelus ad pastores ait:
Annuntio vobis gaudiuim magnum:
quia natus est vobis hodie
Salvator mundi.

English.png English translation

The angel said unto the shepherds:
“I announce to you a great joy,
that today is born for you
the Savior of the world.”

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