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Choirbook 14_04

Sex ante Paschae ferias

Anonymous (source)

Sex ante Paschae ferias (pp. 21–22)
Post haec iugalis asinae (pp. 23–24)
O quam stupenda pietas (pp. 25–26)
Rex ecce tuus humilis (pp. 27–28)
Coetus sequens et praevius (pp. 29–30)
Ad cuius omnis civitas (pp. 31–32)

4 vocal parts: [Cantus], [Altus], [Tenor], [Bassus]

C2, C4, C4, F4

Hymn Magnum salutis gaudium, strophes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12

PD, fol. 113r-v: ‘In Dominica Palmarum, Ad vesperas. Hymnus.’

VOM: fols 47v (Palm Sunday, 1st Vespers), 48r (Palm Sunday, 2nd Vespers)

Hymn

For the text see Arthur Sumner Walpole: Early Latin Hymns with Introduction and Notes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922, pp. 337–340. PD contains full text and liturgical chant. VOM gives incipit only. In both sources, Strophe 1, line 1 reads ‘Magno salutis gaudio’. The setting follows the order of the strophes in PD, which differs from the normal Tridentine reading.

Collarile: Suono dell’eterno
Passadore, Rossi: San Marco, no. 1934 (4 and 5)

2
Sex ante Paschae ferias
Advenit in Bethaniam:
Ubi pie post triduum
Resuscitavit Lazarum.

4
Post haec iugalis asinae
Iesus supernus arbiter:
Pullum sedebat, inclitam
Pergebat Ierosolymam. [source: ‘Ierosolimam’]

6
O quam stupenda pietas,
Mira Dei clementia:
Sessor aselli fieri
Dignatur auctor saeculi.

8
Rex ecce tuus humilis
Noli timere veniet:
Pullo iugalis residens, [PD: ‘iugali’]
Tibi benignus, patiens.

10
Coetus sequens et praevius,
Sanctoque plenus Spiritu,
Clamabat in altissimis,
Osanna Filio David.

12
Ad cuius omnis civitas
Commota ingressum tremuit:
Hebraea plebs aurea
Laudes ferebat debitas

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