Praesepe jam fulget tuum (Michael Praetorius)
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CPDL #23666:
- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2011-06-04). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 13 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Original pitch.
General Information
Title: Praesepe jam fulget tuum
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Lyricist: Ambrose of Milan
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: TT
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1611
Description: #9 from Hymnodia Sionia: this is a setting of the seventh verse of the Advent hymn "Veni redemptor gentium". Other verses of the hymn published in Hymnodia Sionia include:
No. 8: verse 6, Aequalis aeterno patri (a 4)
No. 10: verse 8 (or verse 1), Deo patri sit gloria (a 7)
Original text and translations
Latin text
Praesepe iam fulget tuum
lumenque nox spirat novum,
quod nulla nox interpolet
fideque iugi luceat.
English translation
Thy cradle here shall glitter bright,
and darkness breathe a newer light
where endless faith shall shine serene
and twilight never intervene.
(tr. J.M. Neale)