Si quem magnanimae (Jean de Castro)

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•  Posted on 2026-02-05(Posted 2026-02-05)  CPDL #88256:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2026-02-05).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 119 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1571 print. In the Quintus in m. 62 we changed the first minim from C to A. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values.

General Information

Title: Si quem magnanimae
Composer: Jean de Castro
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1571 in Sacrarum cantionum quinque et octo vocum liber unus, no. 3
Description: "Ad Nobilem & clarissimum virum Dominum Bartholomaeum Pinellam."

Original text and translations

Latin text

Si quem magnanimae in lucem dedit indolis
atque ingenii clarum dote Pinella domus,
grata fuere cui Musarum numina,
cujus vertere nec mentem copia quivit opum.

SECUNDA PARS
Virtutum monumenta,
o Bartholomae e, tuarum dum video,
primas hujus honoris habes macte animo
Deumque hominumque parenti
haud dubiam sternes,
sic tibi ad astra viam.