Percussit Saul (Adriano Banchieri)

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• (Posted 2023-02-14)  CPDL #72638:         

Editor: Wim Looyestijn (submitted 2023-02-14).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 141 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Corrected error in Canto b.42-54 on 17-3-2023.

General Information

Title: Percussit Saul
Composer: Adriano Banchieri
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella, basso continuo ad lib.

First published: 1607 in Eclesiastiche sinfonie a quatro voci, no. 6
Description: 

Original text and translations

Latin text Percussit Saul mille et David decem. Nonne iste David de quo canebant in choro dicentes. (1 Samuel 21:11)

English translation Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.