“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”. Composed By: Thomas Tallis. Sung By: The Gesualdo Six. And Sung By: VOCES8.

 

“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”.

Composed By: Thomas Tallis.

Sung By: The Gesualdo Six.

Location: Ely Cathedral.

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The Hymn “Te lucis”, as written out in a Spanish 

manuscript, circa 1625. The wording “pro tua clementia” (instead of “solita clementia”) reflects the classicising revisions of Pope Urban VIII. The original Latin version

has been restored in the Post-Vatican II texts.

Date: 15 April 2008.

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Author: UBC Library Digitization Centre

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Te lucis ante terminum,

Rerum Creator poscimus,

Ut solita clementia

Sis præsul ad custodiam.

Procul recedant somnia,

Et noctium phantasmata;

Hostemque nostrum comprime,

Ne polluantur corpora.

Præsta, Pater omnipotens,

Per Iesum Christum Dominum,

Qui tecum in perpetuum

Regnat cum Sancto Spiritu.

Amen.

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“Te lucis ante terminum” (English: “To Thee before the close of day”) is an old Latin Hymn in Long Metre. It is the Hymn at Compline in the Roman Breviary.

And, for comparison . . .

“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”.

Composed By: Thomas Tallis.

Sung By: VOCES8.

Arranger: Christian Forshaw.

Available on YouTube

HERE