Spes mea, Christe Deus, SWV 69 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2015-04-05)  CPDL #34977:       

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.

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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

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Original text and translations

Latin text Spes mea, Christe Deus, Hominum tu dulcis amator, Lux, via, vita et salus, Te deprecor, supplico et rogo, Ut per te ambulem, ut te perveniam, In te requiescam.

English translation O Christ, my God, my hope, Sweet lover of humankind, The light, the way, the life and the salvation, To you I pray, entreat and ask, That I may walk with you, join with you and rest in you. Translation by James Gibb