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Ecce concipies

File:hanecce.nwc (November 2004) 2 kB
Full name of work:Ecce concipies
Composer:Handl, Jacob (1550-1591) (German)
Lyricist:St. Luke.
Translator:Adam Booth.
First line:Ecce concipies et paries filium et vocabis nomen eius Jesum.
Music category:Classical
Instruments:SATB
Name of file creator:Adam Booth.
e-mail address:booth "dot" adam "at" gmail "dot" com
Website:http://math.berkeley.edu/~booth
Running time:2:01.
Comments:The words are Luke 1:31-3. Here is my translation: "And see, you will conceive and bear a son, and you will call him by the name of Jesus. He shall be great and be called the most high son, and God, the Lord, will give him the throne of David and his kingdom. He will rule the house of Jacob and his kingdom will be without end."

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