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Dixit Tobias
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Dixit Tobias by Philippe de Monte — Lyrics
Dixit Tobias: Domine Deus patrum nostrorum, benedicant te caeli, et terra et mare et fontes, et omnia creatura, quae in eis sunt.
Tu fecisti Adam de limo terrae, dedistique adjutorium Evam.
Et nunc, Domine, tu scis, quia non luxuriae causa accipio uxorem, sed sola posteritatis dilectione, in qua benedicetur nomen tuum in saecula saeculorum.
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About Dixit Tobias
The Book of Tobit, a canonical Old Testament text, tells of Tobias's prayer for a worthy wife and the protection of his family. Philippe de Monte’s five-voice setting of Dixit Tobias draws on this narrative, the SATTB choir singing of celestial and earthly creation and the divine hand in bringing Adam and Eve together. The text then moves to Tobias's earnest plea for a union based not on lust but on a desire for posterity, through which God’s name will be blessed for all time. This sacred motet is a rich and devotional reflection on faith, providence, and the sanctity of marriage.
