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Den besten Teil hat sich Maria erwählt, | |||
der ihr nicht weggenommen werden soll auf ewig. | |||
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Title: Optimam partem elegit
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, communion for the Assumption (since moved to OT 16)
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), no. 25
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Optimam partem elegit sibi Maria
Quae non auferetur ab ea in aeternum.
German translation
Den besten Teil hat sich Maria erwählt,
der ihr nicht weggenommen werden soll auf ewig.