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Sicut cervus is a motet for four voices by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It sets the beginning of Psalm 42, Psalmus XLII in the Latin version of the Psalterium Romanum rather than the Vulgate Bible. The incipit is "Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes" followed by a second part "Sitivit anima mea". It was published in 1604 in Motecta festorum, Liber 2, and has become one of Palestrina's most popular motets, regarded as a model of Renaissance polyphony, expressing spiritual yearning.
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- ↑ Cummings, Robert. "Hodie Christus natus est". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- ↑ "Hodie Christus natus est - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Song - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Music - Francis Poulenc: Hodie Christus natus est - Program Notes". emmanuelmusic.org. Retrieved 2017-12-25.