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Gentis Hispanae pater atque doctor digna praeclari soboles Severi digne Leandri similisque sancta indole frater | Dum tuas curat soror alma cunas lucida examen veniens ab aethra vidit infantis nitidis liquare mella labellis | Dulce facundi fuit hoc leporis atque doctrinae specimen supernae qua pios pascis stimulisque sontes pungis acutis | Pungis infectum genus Arrianae pestis ultores minitantis ignes nec furor regum juvenis resistit fortibus ausis | Praesul instauras fidei triumphum perfidos eius quoque perduelles pellis Hispanis pavidos ab oris fulmine linguae | O pater cleri populique pastor orphanis tutor viduis levamen virginum custos monachis severae regula vitae | Nunc in excelso residens Olympo sidus o nostrae columenque gentis compari priscis fidei magistris luce refulges | Sis memor chari gregis et patronus esto ad aeternam Triadem precamur cuncta cui dignas resonent per orbem saecula laudes
Fulltext source:
E-E 112-II-56
Notes:
Hymn for Vespers on Feast of Saint Isidore of Seville (April 4) attributed to Francisco Pacheco (1535-1599). Text in Officia propria Sanctorum Hispalen. Ecclesiae (1591) pages 10 ff
Comments
a03048 Musical sources
a03048 Musical sources
Chant with musical notation in the following choir books (plainchant) of the Cathedral of Seville: E-Sc L*-58 (f. 143r) with the melody mSTA183; E-Sc L-37b (ff. 117v-118) and E-Sc L-44b (f. 114v) are palimpsests the melody mSTA183 has been scraped; E-Sc G**-133 (f 63v-64) contains a different melody..
*L = Libreto (little book) (58x40 cm approx.)
**G = Gigante (Giant book) (90x63 cm approx.)
a03048 Cantus firmus
a03048 Cantus firmus
Alonso Lobo (Chapel master at Cathedral of Seville 1604-1617) composed the polyphonic hymn Gentis Hispanae (stanzas 3 and 6) and used the melody mSTA183 as cantus firmus (E-Sc 16. .Archivo de la Catedral de Sevilla, capilla de música, Libro de polifonía nº 16, Himnario para los Santos de Sevilla, fols. 1v-5r).
a03048 Bibliography:
a03048 Bibliography:
Brea, L. C., & Calero, B. P. (2013). Liturgical Hymns by Licenciado Francisco Pacheco. III. Hymns to Saint Isidorus and to Saints Iusta and Rufina. Minerva: Revista de filología clásica, (26), 269-297.
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4461861
González, H., & Sánchez, I. (2017). El himnario polifónico destinado a los santos de la catedral de Sevilla. Sevilla: Point de Lunettes, 2017. 2 Vols. (91+69); 24x33 cm. ISBN 978-84-96508-97-2
Luque, R. (2015). La Monodia sagrada en el culto a san Isidoro en la Catedral de Sevilla. En Jornadas de Historia en la Abadía: Homenaje a José Sánchez Herrero. Alcalá la Real: Ayuntamiento. pp. 93-102
Officia propria Sanctorum Hispalen. Ecclesiae, in sacra congregatione illustrissimorum Dominorum Cardinalium, pro sacris ritibus & caeremonijs a Sanct. D. N. Sixto V Pontifice Maximo deputatorum…, Salamanca, Guillermo Foquel, 1591. [Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 112-II-56]