O quam metuendus (Jacob Handl)
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- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2013-05-11). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 136 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Original key; note values halved (quartered in proportio tripla section). Editorial accidentals added.
General Information
Title: O quam metuendus
Composer: Jacob Handl
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAT.ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Magnificat antiphon at Vespers for the Dedication of a Church.
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Handl's polychoral motet for the dedication of a church was published as nos. 36-37 in Praetorius' Musarum Sioniarum (among other sources).
Original text and translations
- Other settings of the opening part may be found at O quam metuendus.
Latin text O quam metuendus est locus iste! |
English translation Oh, how awe-inspiring is this place! |