Circumdederunt me (Cristóbal de Morales)
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- CPDL #17021: Finale 2004
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-05-29). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 256 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 256 KB, MIDI: 15 KB, Finale 2006: 100 KB. The "Circumdederunt" is followed by the 4 part (SATB) Invitatorium "Venite exultemus".
- Editor: Nancho Alvarez (submitted 2004-11-30). Score information: A4, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: individual parts available as midi files. also available as Postscript file.
- CPDL #274: Finale 1998
- Editor: Emilio Cano Molina (submitted 1999-09-09). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 41 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: MIDI and Finale files uploaded to CPDL server 2008-05-29.
General Information
Title: Circumdederunt me
Composer: Cristóbal de Morales
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
sometimes given as vv 5-6 of Psalm 18 (17), but see Psalm 116:3 (114). This is the antiphon for burial of the dead.
Latin text
Circumdederunt me gemitus mortis
dolores inferni circumdederunt me.
English translation
The moanings of death have encircled me
the sorrows of hell have enclosed me.