In illo tempore postquam

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General information

Motet for the feast of Circumcision. Text from Luke 2:21.

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Jean Mouton SATB
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SSATB

Text and translations

Latin text

In illo tempore postquam consummati sunt dies octo, ut circumcideretur puer, vocatum est nomen ejus Jesus, quod vocatum est ab angelo priusquam in utero conciperetur. Alleluia.

English translation

At that time when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Alleluia.