Illumina nos (Carlo Gesualdo)
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- Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2013-11-16). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 140 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Reconstructed Sextus and Bassus parts copyright ©2005 Joop Voorn
General Information
Title: Illumina nos
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: SSATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Part of the Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, whose sextus and basses part books were lost and are reconstructed/completed in modern editions, of which one of the most notable is Stravinsky's Tres sacrae cantiones (including Illumina nos).
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Original text and translations
Latin text Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus |
English translation Enlighten us, O God of mercies, |