Hic est Martinus (Jacob Handl)

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Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2014-12-02).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original key; note values halved. Editorial accidentals and slurs added.

General Information

Title: Hic est Martinus
Composer: Jacob Handl

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Opus musicum tomus quartus (Prague: Georg Nigrinus, 1586)

Description: This motet for St. Martin's Day is No. 133 in Handl's Opus musicum, Book IV.

Original text and translations

Latin text Hic est Martinus, electus Dei pontifex, qui nec mori timuit neque vivere recusavit.

English translation This is Martin, chosen God's bishop, Who neither feared death, not spurned life.