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Looking at the facsimiles from the 1591 publication of Hassler's Cantiones Sacrae, it is very clear that both the Tenor and Quinta Vox parts are for tenors—indeed, Hassler switches the music between the parts when repeating the opening "Verbum caro" text, so the tenor sings what the quinta had and vice versa, and again later in the piece. Both use C4 clefs. The tenor tessitura is a bit higher, though both parts go up to F4, and the tenor down to E3 while the quinta has one D3.

To say that this is SSAATB is misleading, if not inaccurate, and it shouldn't be offered even as an alternative. I have changed the article accordingly. The Sexta Vox uses a C2 clef, as compared to the Soprano's C1 and Alto's C3, but that's frequently thought of as a second soprano rather than a mezzo line (though it could be a high alto), so SSATTB is a reasonable call. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:00, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just noticed this article in the preps, and realised that I sang this recently! It was very interesting to learn some more of its history, so thank you for writing it!  Frzzl  talk; contribs  09:55, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It has been proposed in this section that Verbum caro factum est be renamed and moved to Verbum caro factum est (Hassler). A bot will list this discussion on requested moves' current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use ((subst:requested move)). Do not use ((requested move/dated)) directly. Links: current log • target log • direct move

Verbum caro factum est → Verbum caro factum est (Hassler) – There is no obvious WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, but Incipit (Lastname) seems to be the patern at Category:Motets. CPDL's Verbum caro factum est a 3 (Hans Leo Hassler) is an arrangement of the same piece, apparently Hassler's only setting. Sparafucil (talk) 00:24, 6 March 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 05:56, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Is there another topic for this title that has a Wikipedia article? Other than, well, John 1:14. SilverLocust 💬 10:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  No, no other topic. People looking for this title probably mean the composition. Those looking for the Bible verse will probably search in English, or by verse number, and the Latin phrase is currently only in the image caption of that article. - Previously, I constructed with a dab to the composer, and it was removed as not necessary. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:20, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per WP:ASTONISH. It is jarring to find these famous words treated as if they primarily refer to a piece by Hassler. Srnec (talk) 17:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]