Recordare Domine (Richard Bramston)
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- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2022-07-17). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 148 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the Gyffard Partbooks. Original pitch and note values retained.
General Information
Title: Recordare Domine
Composer: Richard Bramston
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBarB
Genre: Sacred, Responsory
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: ca. 1572-8 in Gyffard Partbooks, no. 83
Description: A setting of the eighth respond at Matins on the first Sunday
after Trinity. However the work may have been intended for votive use during a time of plague.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Recordare Domine testamenti tui et dic angelo percutienti: Cesset jam manus tua, ut non desoletur terra.
English translation
Remember, O Lord, your promise and say to the avenging angel: now hold back your hand, that the earth might not be laid waste.