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Dicebat Iejus turbis Judaeorum (John 8:46-47) – Juan Navarro

Posted on February 24, 2013 Posted in Navarro, Juan (1530-1580)

John 8:46-47 [Latin]

[Jesus said to the crowd of Jews and the chief priests:]

⁴⁶Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

⁴⁷He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

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Dicebat Iejus turbis Judaeorum by Juan Navarro (1530-1580)

Juan Navarro - Dicebat Jesus turbis Judaeorum

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Parce mihi, Domine [Spare me, Lord] (Job 7:16-21) – Cristóbal de Morales

Posted on February 17, 2013 Posted in Morales, Cristóbal de (c.1500-1553)

Job 7:16-21 [Latin]

¹⁶I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

¹⁷What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

¹⁸And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

¹⁹How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

²⁰I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

²¹And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

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Parce mihi, Domine from Officium Defunctorum (c.1548-1553) by Cristóbal de Morales (c.1500-1553)

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Performance by the Monteverdi Choir under John Eliot Gardiner

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Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt [For God so loved the world] (John 3:16) – Heinrich Schütz

Posted on February 10, 2013 Posted in Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)

English: Nicodemus and Jesus on a rooftop — Nicodemus and Jesus on a rooftop (Image via Wikipedia)

John 3:16 [German]

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV 380 (one of 29 motets from Geistliche Chor-Music, 1648), by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672): Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (SWV 380)

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Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt SWV 380 (Motet no. 12 from ‘geistliche Chormusik 1648’). By Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672). Edited by Wilhelm Kamlah. For SSATB choir/basso continuo ad lib. This edition: Urtext edition. Basso continuo-vocie see BA 500 67 (Organ) und BA 500 86 (Cello/Contrabass/Bassoon). Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA512).

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Ihr werdet weinen und heulen [Ye will be weeping and wailing] (John 16:20) – Johann Sebastian Bach

Posted on February 3, 2013 Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Fragment of John 16:14-22 from Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 (Image via Wikipedia)

John 16:20 [German]

²⁰Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

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Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (1725), first movement (chorus) from cantata BWV 103, composed by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

J.S. Bach - Chorus "Ihr werdet weinen und heulen" from Cantata BWV 103