Sol occasum nesciens (Heinrich Isaac)

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Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2015-10-24). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 66 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

CPDL #24950: This edition has been withdrawn at the request of the editor.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CPDL #24951: This edition has been withdrawn at the request of the editor.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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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: Sequence for both Christmas and the Circumcision. The full text, of which this is the fourth verse, may be found here

Latin text

Sol occasum nesciens,
stella semper rutilans,
semper clara.

English translation

A sun which knows no setting,
a star that always shines,
always clear.

Translation by Edward Tambling