Rex Asiae et Ponti (Cipriano de Rore)

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  • (Posted 2020-09-05)  CPDL #60439:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-09-05).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 405 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Rex Asiae et Ponti
Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1565 in Il primo libro delle fiamme a quattro e cinque voci, no. 17
    2nd published: 1566 in Il quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, Edition 1, no. 21
Description: The addressee of this work is Wolfgang Engelbert I. from the noble Family Auersperg in Carniola (German: Krain) in present-day Slovenia (see the reference below).

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Rex Asiae et Ponti potuit celeberrimus olim,
Linguarum varios ore sonare modos,
Divitiis alios longe superaverat omnes,
Imperii cuius maxima Roma tui,
Rebus Alexander gestis clarissimis orbis,
Inclitus immensi Rex domitorque fuit.
O prisce Wolffange decusque et gloria stirpis Auspurge,
Qua se carmina iactat ovans his quaque fortuna parente voluit esse:
Alma tamen virtus annumerare cupit.