Deus venerunt gentes - Posuerunt morticinia - Effuderunt sanguinem - Facti sumus opprobrium (William Byrd)

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• (Posted 2021-11-03)  CPDL #66514:      (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2021-11-03).   Score information: Letter, 14 pages, 229 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2004-10-23)  CPDL #08320:        (Sibelius 4)

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2004-10-23).   Score information: A4, 19 pages, 379 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Apr 24 (errors corrected, formatting).

General Information

Title: Deus venerunt gentes
Composer: William Byrd
Source of text: Psalm 78 vv. 1-4, Vulgate

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript 1580 in Dow Partbooks, no. 39;44;47
First published: 1589 in Cantiones Sacrae I, no. 11-14
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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 79.

Latin text 1. Deus, venerunt gentes in haereditatem tuam; polluerunt templum sanctum tuum; posuerunt Jerusalem in pomorum custodiam. 2 Posuerunt morticina servorum tuorum escas volatilibus caeli; carnes sanctorum tuorum bestiis terrae. 3 Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Jerusalem, et non erat qui sepeliret. 4 Facti sumus opprobrium vicinis nostris; subsannatio et illusio his qui in circuitu nostro sunt.

English translation O God the Gentiles are come into thine inheritance, they have polluted thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a watch tower of fruits. They have made the carcasses of thy servants, meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the land. They have poured out their blood as water round about Jerusalem: and there was none to bury them. We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and mock to them that are round about us.