Joannes est nomen eius (Orlando di Lasso)

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Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-06-14). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 23 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Musica Divina Vol. II Liber motettorum (ed. Karl Proske, 1854). Original key and note values.

Title: Joannes est nomen eius

Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet for the birth of John the Baptist

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1604, Magnum opus musicum (Munich)

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Latin text

Joannes est nomen eius: vinum et siceram non bibet, et in nativitate eius multi gaudebunt.

English translation

John is his name: he shall drink no wine or strong drink, and many shall rejoice at his birth.