4. Jesu, dulcedo cordium

From Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 56
Composer
Dietrich Buxtehude
Key
e minor → B major
Meter
4/4

Latin text

Jesu dulcedo cordium,
fons vivus, lumen mentium,
excedens omne gaudium,
et omne desiderium.
 
Nec lingua valet dicere,
Nec littera exprimere:
Expertus potest credere,
Quid sit Jesum diligere.

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Instrumentation

  • Violino I
  • Violino II
  • Violone
  • Soprano I
  • Basso continuo

Resources

  • Full score: Dieterich Buxtehude, The Collected Works, vol. 3 (Klecken: Ugrino, 1925), p. 53
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