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Anima nostra à5
Staff Notation • Sacred, Mass propers
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Anima nostra à5 by Franz Xaver Witt — Lyrics
Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est, de laqueo venantium;
laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus.
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About Anima nostra à5
This motet is suitable for use within the Mass, likely for a feast day or special occasion, as it sets prophetical texts. The composer Franz Xaver Witt has written for a five-part choir (SAATB) in a sacred Latin text. The opening words, "Our soul is like a bird escaped from the snare of the hunters; the snare is broken, and we are delivered," speak of liberation and divine intervention. The text continues with a powerful invocation of God as the helper and creator, "Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Blessed be the name of the Lord, from now on and for ever."
