Spes mea, Christe Deus, SWV 69 (Heinrich Schütz)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2015-04-05). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 67 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Clefs modernised. Transposed up a tone. Note values halved from bar 31. Source is in IMSLP. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Spes mea, Christe Deus, SWV 69
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Augustine of Hippo
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1625 in Cantiones sacrae, Op. 4, no. 17
2nd published: 1887 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 4, no. 17
3rd published: 2004 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 8, no. 17
Description: The triple measures are originally notated 3 semibreves with circle slash; the cantus switches back to C at m. 35, confirming that m. 30's half measure is equal to the following triplet.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Spes mea, Christe Deus, |
English translation O Christ, my God, my hope,
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