Haec Deum caeli (Jacob Obrecht)
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- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2012-08-24). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 51 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Original key; note values halved.
General Information
Title: Haec Deum caeli
Composer: Jacob Obrecht
Lyricist: Rabanus Maurus
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Office hymn for Candlemas
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1542 in Sacrorum hymnorum liber primus (Georg Rhau), no. 13
Description: Obrecht's motet for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin sets the second verse of "Quod chorus vatum", a hymn attributed to Rabanus Maurus. Three voices (secundus discantus, altus, and tenor) are more or less in canon, while the discantus and bassus have freer material.
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Quod chorus vatum.
Latin text Haec Deum caeli Dominumque terrae |
English translation The God of heaven and Lord of earth |