Category: Asola, Giovanni Matteo (1532-1609)

Philippians 2:8-9 [Latin] – He humbled himself, becoming [Christ became] obedient for us unto death, even to the death on the cross. Therefore God exalted Him and gave Him a name which is above all names.

Original Latin:

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis. Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.

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“Christus factus est a 3,” sacred motet composed by Giovanni Matteo Asola (c. 1532-1609), and first published in Lamentationes improperia et aliae sacrae laudes, no. 12 (1588)

Sung in the Chapel of Ss. Peter and Paul, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, FSSP Denton, NE – directed by Nicholas Lemme

Free sheet music available at Choral Public Domain Library

 

Psalm 34:8 [Latin Vulgate: Psalm 33:9]

⁸ O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Gustáte et vidéte quóniam suávis est Dóminus: beátus vir qui sperat in eo.

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Gustate et videte (1588), composed by Giovanni Matteo Asola (1532 – 1609)

Sung by Seminarians of Our Lady of Gaudalupe Seminary (2019), Choir, Director Nicholas Lemme

FREE SHEET MUSIC at Choral Public Domain Library