Sub tuum praesidium (Benedictus de Opiciis)

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Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2010-08-19).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 63 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: At original pitch for ATTB

General Information

Title: Sub tuum praesidium
Composer: Benedictus de Opiciis

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1515 Lofzangen [Lofzangen ter ere van Keizer Maximiliaan en zijn kleinzoon Karel den Vijfden] (Antwerp, 1515) and 1516/1517 in the Royal 11 E. xi manuscript.

Description: This motet is one of only two surviving works by the composer, the other of which (Summae laudis O Maria) is contained (along with this one) in the 1515 publication (see above).

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Original text and translations

The text differs slightly from the usual version (to be found here), and is thus:

Latin text

Sub tuum praesidium ad te confugimus, sancta Dei genetrix;
nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus,
sed a periculis cunctis libera nos,
semper virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

English translation by Edward Tambling

We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God;
despise not our prayers in our necessities,
but deliver us from all dangers,
O ever glorious and blessed virgin.