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Jean Titelouze
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Veni Creator (4 verses) Click to Listen, [7:28]
Four versets: the first has the Chorale on the Pedal Trompete; the second is played manualiter with Chorale in the soprano voice; the third is labeled "Canon in Diapason" - an exact canon between Pedal and Swell Cornet at the octave with two-beat time interval; the fourth is quasi-fugal, with three voices played on a full manual plenum and the bass part played on Pedal with reeds. Output at -3dB with MeanTone 5th Comma Temperament. Impulse reverberation added. Mutopia Project score is available here. Instrument: Schantz at First Baptist Church of Riverside, California (1966) sampled by Jonathan Orwig

Chorale Text
Latin:

Veni, Creator Spiritus,
Mentes tuorum visita,
Imple superna gratia,
Quae Tu creastif pectora.

English:

Come Holy Spirit, creator, come
from your bright heavenly throne,
come take possession of our souls
and make them all your own.


Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 2 software