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
- CPDL #04520: Sibelius 4
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-01-20). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 129 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Nov 08
General Information
Title: Responsum accepit Simeon
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Antiphon
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), vol.1 no.5
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Original text and translations
Responsum accepit Simeon a Spiritu Sancto non visurum se mortem nisi videret Christum Domini.
- Luke 2: 26
It was revealed to Simeon by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he first saw Christ the Lord.