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Elevación o ascención, gradación y descenso
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets, Mass fragments
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Elevación o ascención, gradación y descenso by Francisco Valls — Lyrics
Credo in unum Deum.
Patrem omnipotentem,
factorem caeli et terrae,
visibilium omnium et invisibilium.
Et in unum Dominum
Jesum Christum,
Filium Dei unigenitum,
Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula.
Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
Deum verum de Deo vero.
Genitum, non factum,
consubstantialem Patri:
per quem omnia facta sunt.
Qui propter nos homines
et propter nostram salutem
descendit de caelis.
Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto
ex Maria Virgine:
Et homo factus est.
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato:
passus, et sepultus est.
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About Elevación o ascención, gradación y descenso
Francisco Valls's Elevations, Ascensions, Gradations and Descensions is a motet for mixed choir, intended for use within the Mass. Its Latin text sets key moments of the Credo, from the Incarnation and Crucifixion through the Ascension into heaven. The music would have been sung in a sacred setting, likely during the liturgical year when these dogmas are especially commemorated, such as Christmastide or Eastertide.
The work moves between declamatory passages and more lyrical phrases, reflecting the theological weight of the text. The contrasting sections of ascensions, gradations and descensions suggest distinct musical ideas to portray the differing theological concepts of Christ's journey and divine presence.
