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Heinrich Schütz: "Rorate coeli," SWV 322 - Kleine Geistliche Konzerte II

Advent antiphon, adapted from Isaiah 45:8

soprano, alto, bass

Rorate coeli desuper
et nubes pluant justum,
aperiatur terra
et germinet salvatorem.

Drop dew, o heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain down justice,
let the earth open
and salvation spring forth.


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