Audivi vocem (Thomas Tallis)

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CPDL #26574:  

Editor: Jan Pallas (submitted 2012-06-23).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

• CPDL #10850:  Sibelius 2

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2006-01-26).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 150 kB    Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

• CPDL #10724:  Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-01-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 50 kB    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This edition has CHANT added, and has been fixed with Mick Swithinbank's edits (see talk page).

• CPDL #10632:  Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-01-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kB    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This edition has been fixed with Mick Swithinbank's edits (see talk page).

• CPDL #10616:  Encore

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-01-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 35 kB    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Use Sibelius score if possible. Encore has problem with whole-note rests.

General Information

Title: Audivi vocem
Composer: Thomas Tallis
Source of text: Jeremiah 40:10 and Matthew 25:6

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Responsorium

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Audivi vocem de caelo venientem:
Oleum recondite in vasis vestris,
dum sponsus advenerit.
Media nocte clamor factus est.
Ecce sponsus venit.

English translation by Mick Swithinbank, drawing on the Douay-Rheims Bible translation

I heard a voice from heaven saying:
Lay up the oil in your vessels
when the bridegroom cometh.
At midnight there was a cry made:
Behold the bridegroom cometh.