Three Latin Motets (Stanford)

*Three Latin Motets*
Three Latin Motets
by Charles Villiers Stanford
	The composer c. 1894
Opus	38
Text	No. 1: Book of Wisdom; No. 2: Ascension hymn; No. 3: Paraphrase of Psalm 119:1;
Dedication	Alan Gray and Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Published	1905
Vocal	SATB choir

Three Latin Motets, Op. 38, is a collection of three sacred motets based on Latin texts for mixed unaccompanied choir by Charles Villiers Stanford, comprising Justorum animae, Coelos ascendit hodie and Beati quorum via. The texts come from different sources, and the scoring is for four to eight parts. They were published by Boosey & Co in 1905. The works, some of Stanford's few settings of church music in Latin, have remained in the choral repertoire internationally and are performed in liturgies and concert.