Vox de coelo sonuit (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2019-04-01)  CPDL #53832:       

Editor: Cynthia Brome (submitted 2019-04-01).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 538 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Edited by David Shuler. From Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, volume 12 (1899). Transposed up a minor 3rd.

General Information

Title: Vox de coelo sonuit
Composer: Jacob Handl
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Opus musicum, Volume 1, no. 47
Description: A setting of the pre-Tridentine antiphon for the Baptism of the Lord, Octave of Epiphany at the Psalms of Lauds (repeated at the minor hours and at Vespers), year 5.

Original text and translations

Latin text Vox de cœlo sonuit, et vox Patris audita est: Hic est Filius meus dilectus, in quo mihi complacui: ipsum audite.

English translation A voice resounded from heaven, and the voice of the Father was heard: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.”