Responsum accepit Simeon (William Byrd)

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CPDL #28162:    Capella

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2013-01-28). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 85 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Mensural notation, original note values and key signature, clefs modernized, musica ficta clearly marked

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-01-20). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 129 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Nov 08

Title: Responsum accepit Simeon
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), vol.1 no.5

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Latin text Responsum accepit Simeon a Spiritu Sancto non visurum se mortem nisi videret Christum Domini.

Luke 2: 26

English translation Simeon received an answer of the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death unless he saw first the Christ of our Lord.