Hodie nobis caelorum rex

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composer

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

4vv SATT; British Library MSS 17802-5 (Gyffard)

author of text

Anonymous - liturgical

Respond at Matins on Christmas Day

Hodie nobis caelorum rex is a simple four-part polyphonic setting made complete by the inclusion of plainsong. The text comes from the Sarum Rite for Christmas Day when the rubric requires the polyphonic sections to be sung by five boys set at a distance from the main action of the liturgy. Tallis’ setting is only for four voices and is printed at a pitch suitable for men’s voices.

Hodie nobis caelorum rex est une musique polyphonique simple à quatre voix complétée par l’insertion de plain-chant. Le texte vient du rite de Sarum pour le jour de Noël lorsque l’intitulé nécessite que les sections polyphoniques soient chantées par cinq jeunes garçons installés à bonne distance de l’action principale de la liturgie. La musique de Tallis s’adresse seulement à quatre voix et est imprimée dans une tessiture convenant à des voix d’hommes.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Carwood © 2016
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

Hodie nobis caelorum rex ist eine schlichte vierstimmige polyphone Vertonung, die durch die Einbeziehung eines Cantus planus abgerundet wird. Der Text stammt aus der Liturgie zu Salisbury für den ersten Weihnachtsfeiertag, in der die Anweisung gegeben ist, dass die polyphonen Abschnitte von fünf Knaben zu singen sind, welche von der Haupthandlung der Liturgie etwas entfernt aufgestellt sind. Tallis’ Vertonung ist allerdings nur für vier Stimmen angelegt und in einer Tonlage gedruckt, die für Männerstimmen geeignet ist.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Carwood © 2016
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

Recordings

Tallis: Spem in alium & other sacred music

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)

Studio Master: CDA68156Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

The Gramophone Award-winning Tallis series from Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall’s Musick comes to a glorious close with both versions of the great forty-part motet: ‘Spem in alium’ itself and ‘Sing and glorify’, a later, English-language contrafa ...» More

Tallis: The Complete Works, Vol. 4

Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (conductor)

SIGCD010Download only

The present album is the fourth in a series of nine covering the complete works of Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585). Not for nothing is Tallis known as the 'father of church music'—with his colleagues at the Chapel Royal he created most of the church mu ...» More

Details

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)

Track 18 on CDA68156 [3'41]

Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (conductor)

Track 1 on SIGCD010 [4'00] Download only

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