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Ascendo ad patrem meum
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Ascendo ad patrem meum by Jean Maillard — Lyrics
Ascendo ad Patrem meum et Patrem vestrum,
Deum meum et Deum vestrum. Alleluia.
Variant 1 (Franck, Hassler, Palestrina, Praetorius, Scheidt)
Et dum assumptus fuero a vobis,
mittam vobis Spiritum [Sanctum] veritatis
et gaudebit cor vestrum. Alleluia.
Variant 2, added after "cor vestrum. Alleluia." (Palestrina)
Ego rogabo Patrem
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About Ascendo ad patrem meum
Jean Maillard's Ascendo ad patrem meum is a rich SATTB motet for unaccompanied voices. The composer opens with a direct musical setting of Christ's ascension, where the soaring Alleluia is passed between the upper voices. The text draws from the Gospel of John, reflecting Christ's promise to send the Holy Spirit after his departure. Maillard's setting captures the solemnity and exultation of this moment, with close imitative writing and moments of harmonic richness. The motet builds to a powerful climax on the alleluias, offering a profound musical meditation on faith and divine promise.
