Salve festa dies (Christoph Dalitz)
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CPDL #25965:
- Editor: Christoph Dalitz (submitted 2012-04-15). Score information: Unknown Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: There are editions for Easter, Ascension Day, and Whitsun. Transposed editions are available upon request.
General Information
Title: Salve festa dies
Composer: Christoph Dalitz
Number of voices: 3vv Voicings: SAT, ATB, SSA and TTB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 2012
Description: Only the chorus is set polyphonically with the cantus firmus in the bottom voice. The stanzas should be sung alternatingly in plainchant.
Original text and translations
Latin text
Salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo
In tempore paschale: qua Deus infernum vicit et astra tenet.
In die ascensione: qua Deus ascendit victor et astra tenet.
In die pentecoste: qua sacer sccendit Spiritus igne suos.
Ecce renascentis testatur gratia mundi
omnia cum Domino dona redisse suo.
Namque triumphanti post tristia tartara Christo,
undique fronde nemus, gramina flore favent.
Legibus inferni oppressis super astra meantem
laudent rite Deum lux, polus, arva, fretum.
Qui crucifixus erat Deus, ecce, per omnia regnat:
dantque Creatori cuncta creata precem.
Nobilitas anni, mensium decus atque dierum
horarum splendor saecula cuncta fovens.
Christe salus rerum, bone conditor atque redemptor
unica progenies ex Deitate Patris.