Gallus Dressler
Gallus Dressler was born in Thuringia in 1533, but spent spent most of his working life in Magdeburg as Chapelmaster at the Cathedral and its School from 1558. It was there in 1563 that he wrote a major theoretical work, ’Praecepta musicae poetica’, as well as motets in both Latin and German. In 1575 he retired to become Deacon at St, Nicholas church in Zerbst and died there in 1581.
Gaudens gaudebo
One of five motets in Das Chorwerk V.28 by Dressler, the text is from the Gregorian Introit for the Mass of the Immaculate Conception of BMV. The motet is a5 with two alto parts, recorded in the remarkable acoustical space of St. John’s Abbey Church, Collegeville, MN.
Gallus Dressler "Gauderns gaudebo"
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino et
exsultabit anima mea in Deo meo:
quia induit me vestimentis salutis,
et indumento justitiae circumdedit me,
quasi sponsum decorátum coróna,
et quasi sponsam ornátam monílibus suis
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
and my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments
of salvation, and has covered me
with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decked with a crown,
and as a bride adorned with her jewels.