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Gentis Hispanae pater atque doctor digna praeclari soboles Severi digne Leandri similisque sancta indole frater | Dum tuas curat soror alma cunas lucida examen veniens ab aethra vidit infantis nitidis liquare mella labellis | Dulce facundi fuit hoc leporis atque doctrinae specimen supernae qua pios pascis stimulisque sontes pungis acutis | Pungis infectum genus Arrianae pestis ultores minitantis ignes nec furor regum juvenis resistit fortibus ausis | Praesul instauras fidei triumphum perfidos eius quoque perduelles pellis Hispanis pavidos ab oris fulmine linguae | O pater cleri populique pastor orphanis tutor viduis levamen virginum custos monachis severae regula vitae | Nunc in excelso residens Olympo sidus o nostrae columenque gentis compari priscis fidei magistris luce refulges | Sis memor chari gregis et patronus esto ad aeternam Triadem precamur cuncta cui dignas resonent per orbem saecula laudes
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E-E 112-II-56
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Hymn for Vespers on Feast of Saint Isidore of Seville (April 4) attributed to Francisco Pacheco (1535-1599). Text in Officia propria Sanctorum Hispalen. Ecclesiae (1591) pages 10 ff
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a03048 Musical sources
Chant with musical notation in the following choir books (plainchant) of the Cathedral of Seville: E-Sc L*-58 (f. 143r) with the melody mSTA183; E-Sc L-37b (ff. 117v-118) and E-Sc L-44b (f. 114v) are palimpsests the melody mSTA183 has been scraped; E-Sc G**-133 (f 63v-64) contains a different melody..
*L = Libreto (little book) (58x40 cm approx.)
**G = Gigante (Giant book) (90x63 cm approx.)
a03048 Cantus firmus
Alonso Lobo (Chapel master at Cathedral of Seville 1604-1617) composed the polyphonic hymn Gentis Hispanae (stanzas 3 and 6) and used the melody mSTA183 as cantus firmus (E-Sc 16. .Archivo de la Catedral de Sevilla, capilla de música, Libro de polifonía nº 16, Himnario para los Santos de Sevilla, fols. 1v-5r).
a03048 Bibliography:
Brea, L. C., & Calero, B. P. (2013). Liturgical Hymns by Licenciado Francisco Pacheco. III. Hymns to Saint Isidorus and to Saints Iusta and Rufina. Minerva: Revista de filología clásica, (26), 269-297.
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4461861
González, H., & Sánchez, I. (2017). El himnario polifónico destinado a los santos de la catedral de Sevilla. Sevilla: Point de Lunettes, 2017. 2 Vols. (91+69); 24x33 cm. ISBN 978-84-96508-97-2
Luque, R. (2015). La Monodia sagrada en el culto a san Isidoro en la Catedral de Sevilla. En Jornadas de Historia en la Abadía: Homenaje a José Sánchez Herrero. Alcalá la Real: Ayuntamiento. pp. 93-102
Officia propria Sanctorum Hispalen. Ecclesiae, in sacra congregatione illustrissimorum Dominorum Cardinalium, pro sacris ritibus & caeremonijs a Sanct. D. N. Sixto V Pontifice Maximo deputatorum…, Salamanca, Guillermo Foquel, 1591. [Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 112-II-56]