Verbum caro factum est

"Verbum caro factum est" ("The Word became flesh") is a sacred motet for six voices by Hans Leo Hassler.

The voices are divided into two groups of three that sing antiphonally in the Venetian polychoral style.

Hans Leo Hassler studied in Venice with Andrea Gabrieli, and was a musician for the Fugger family in Augsburg.

[1] He composed "Verbum caro factum est" as a six-voice motet and published it in his collection Cantiones sacrae in 1591.

[2] The music has been arranged for instrumental performance, such as organ intabulations in North German style by Heinrich Scheidemann and Delphin Strungk.