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Duo discipuli
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Duo discipuli by Jacobus Peetrinus — Lyrics
Duo discipuli ibant ad castellum Emmaus
et factum est dum fabularentur
et secum quaererent et ipse Jesus appropinquans ibat cum eis:
oculi autem tenebantur ne eum agnoscerent.
Et ait: qui sunt hi sermones quos confertis
inter vos ambulantes et estis tristes?
Respondens Cleophas dixit:
tu solus peregrinus es in Jerusalem
et non cognovisti qua facta sunt in illa his diebus?
Quibus ille dixit: quae?
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About Duo discipuli
Jacobus Peetrinus's motet Duo discipuli sets a passage from the Gospel of Luke, recounting the journey to Emmaus. The text describes two disciples walking and discussing Jesus's resurrection, unaware that Jesus himself has joined them. The Latin lyrics express their sadness and confusion, their hopes dashed by Jesus's death, and his gentle rebuke of their slowness to believe the prophets. The composer’s setting for SATTB voices captures the narrative flow, from the disciples’ hesitant conversation to Jesus’s words of explanation. This sacred work offers a profound musical reflection on faith and recognition in the post-resurrection accounts.
