2. Dixit Dominus Domino meo

Composer	Dietrich Buxtehude
Key	C major → G major
Meter	4/4

Latin text
Dixit Dominus Domino meo: sede a dextris meis,
donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum
Virgam virtutis tuae emittet dominus ex Zion
dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum
Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae in splendoribus sanctorum
ex utero ante luciferum genui te.

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Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Dieterich Buxtehude, The Collected Works, vol. 2 (Klecken: Ugrino, 1925), p. 27
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