Laudate pueri Dominum (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #3851:
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-07-17). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 145 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Jan 2006; please use in preference to my previous edition, which contained errors.
General Information
Title: Laudate pueri Dominum
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: AATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Cantiones Sacrae (1575), no. 17
Description: A vocal adaption of a 6-part instrumental fantasia.
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Original text and translations
Psalm 113 (112) vv.1-2; 121 (120) v.2 and 123 (124) v.4
Latin text
- Laudate, pueri, Dominum, laudate nomen Domini:
- sit nomen Domini benedictum, ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
- Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit caelum et terram.
- Benefac, Domine, bonis et rectis corde.
English translation
translation from Bishop Challoner's edition of the Douay-Reims Bible, 1749-1752
- Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.
- Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
- My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.