Jesus Christus nostra salus (Thomas Stoltzer)

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CPDL #25995:    

Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2012-04-20).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 39 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transposed up a fourth (SATB); note values halved.

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Title: Jesus Christus nostra salus
Composer: Thomas Stoltzer
Lyricist: Jan Hus

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Sacrorum hymnorum, Book I (1542)

Description: This setting of the Eucharistic hymn popularly attributed to Jan Hus was first published as No. 71 in Georg Rhau's collection Sacrorum hymnorum (Book I) (Wittenberg, 1542).

Original text and translations

Latin text

Jesus Christus nostra salus
quod reclamat omnis malus,
nobis sui memoriam
dedit in panis hostiam.

English translation

Jesus Christ, our salvation,
who from evil all recalls,
gave us the sacred bread
in memory of himself.