Aeternus vere est solus Deus (Hans Leo Hassler)
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- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2013-01-04). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 98 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Original key and note values. Editorial accidentals and slurs added.
General Information
Title: Aeternus vere est solus Deus
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler
Lyricist: Prosper of Aquitainecreate page
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: This setting of a trinitarian text by Prosper of Aquitaine is the 28th selection in the 1601 edition of Hassler's Sacri concentus; in the revised 1612 edition it is number 32.
Original text and translations
Latin text
Aeternus vere est solus Deus omni creator:
Vita in se vivens permanet esse, quod est.
Hoc Pater, hoc verbum Patris, hoc est Spiritus almus:
Quorum natura est una eademque fides.
Non coeptum aut auctum, non hic mutabile quidquam est:
Quod subeat leges temporis aut numeri.
Virtus praeteritis prior ulteriorque futuris:
Nil recipit varium, nil habet occiduum.
Nam quas ut voluit rerum sapientia fecit:
Multis vita quidem est praestita perpetua.
Sed quodcunque potest esse amplius aut minus esse:
Quodam fine ipsum, quod fuerat, moritur.
Sic nihil aeternum, quod commutabile factum est:
Et quod cuncta super, semper idem Deus est.