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Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384 by Heinrich Schütz — Lyrics
Puer natus est nobis
Et filius datus est nobis
Cuius imperium super humerum eius
Et vocabitur nomen eius
Magni consilii Angelus
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About Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384
Heinrich Schütz’s Ein Kind ist uns geboren is a grand motet for eight voices, SSATTB, drawing on both Latin and German texts. The opening verses, Puer natus est nobis and Et filius datus est nobis, celebrate the birth of a child and the son given to us, whose government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called the Angel of Great Counsel. This is followed by a jubilant Cantate Domino canticum novum, proclaiming that God has done marvellous things. The motet concludes with the familiar Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, a powerful affirmation of the Trinity which echoes the eternal praise sung in heaven.
