Sicut cervus - Oostenbrug, Wytze

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"This song is a motet, a polyphonic song (from the Latin 'motetus' and the French 'mot'). In the motet each voice has its own text, the different voices are melodically and rhythmically independent of each other. Sicut cervus characterizes the origin of this genre, it uses the biblical text of psalm 42. This was prescribed for the blessing of the water on the Saturday before Easter. This holy water is also the water that is used for baptism. Psalm 42 is the 42nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, often known in English by its incipit, “As the hart panteth after the water brooks” (in the King James Version). The Book of Psalms is part of the third division of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the Hebrew Bible, Psalm 42 opens the second of the five books (divisions) of Psalms, also known as the “Elohistic Psalter” because the word YHWH is rarely used and God is generally referred to as “Elohim”"

◈ Genre → Motets

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – A5

♩ Tempo andantino (80)

◷ Duration ~5 min

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 102

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 7

CPDL # 84862

Editor Wytze Oostenbrug

Posted 2025-05-12

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – A5

Alto

B3 – D5

Tenor

E3 – G4

Bass

G2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum: ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: quando veniam et apparebo ante faciem Dei? Fuerunt mihi lacrimae meae panes die ac nocte, dum dicitor mihi quotidiae: Ubi est Deus tuus?