Dicunt infantes (Jacob Handl)

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Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-11-03).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 55 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original SSAA version
Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-09-19).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 55 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: TTBB version

General Information

Title: Dicunt infantes
Composer: Jacob Handl

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SSAA (original) and TTBB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, vol. 24, ed. Adler (1905)

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Dicunt infantes Domino laudes,
trucidati ab Herode, occisi praedicant,
quod vivi non poterant;
licuit sanguine loqui,
quibus lingua non licuit;
miscent cum Domino colloquia,
quibus humana negata sunt verba.

German.png German translation

Die Kleinkinder sagen dem Herrn Lob,
hingemetzelt von Herodes, erschlagen verkündigen sie,
was sie lebend nicht konnten;
es war [denen] vergönnt, mit dem Blut zu sprechen,
denen mit der Zunge [zu sprechen] nicht vergönnt war;
die vereinigen ihre Gespräche mit dem Herrn,
denen menschliche Worte verwehrt waren.