Angelus Domini descendit [An angel of the Lord descended] (Matthew 28: 2,5,6) – Giovanni Gabrieli

Matthew 28: 2,5,6 [Latin] – ² And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

⁵ And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

⁶ He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

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Original Latin:

Angelus enim[autem] Domini descendit de coelo, et accedens revolvit lapidem, et super eum sedit. Et dixit mulieribus: Nolite timere: scio enim quia crucifixum quaeritis: Iam surrexit: venite, et videte locum, ubi positus erat Dominus. Alleluja.

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“Angelus Domini descendit,” 8-voice motet composed by Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557-1612), first published in Symphoniae sacrae I, no. 18 (1597)

Sung by VOCES8 in in Osor Cathedral, Croatia

Free sheet music at Choral Public Domain Library