Sol occasum nesciens (Heinrich Isaac)
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- CPDL #24950: This edition has been withdrawn at the request of the editor. CPDL #24950: Isaac_-_Sol_occasum_nesciens.pdf Isaac_-_Sol_occasum_nesciens.mid
- Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-11-16). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 41 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In original key for SAT
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- CPDL #24951: This edition has been withdrawn at the request of the editor. CPDL #24951: Isaac_-_Sol_occasum_nesciens_down_a_p4.pdf
- Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-11-16). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 41 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a perfect fourth from the original key for ATB
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General Information
Title: Sol occasum nesciens
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Number of voices: 3vv Voicings: SAT or ATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Trium vocum cantiones centum... (Petreius, Nuremberg 1541)
Description: This is a different piece from the 'complete' (that is, alternatim) 4-part setting in Choralis Constantinus II
External websites: The full text (and chant) of the sequence for Circumcision, of which this is the fourth verse, may be found here
Original text and translations
Latin text
Sol occasum nesciens,
stella semper rutilans,
semper clara.
English translation by Edward Tambling
A sun which knows no setting,
a star that always shines,
always clear.