Erravi (Francisco Valls)
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- CPDL #12499: Sibelius 2
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2006-09-04). Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Erravi
Composer: Francisco Valls
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1742
Description: From Mapa Armonico Practico, facsimile, including this score, published by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. The Composer explains that the purpose of the composition is "para expresar el sentido de la letra". This may have been a mistake in transcription. He may have meant "para expresar el sentido del error", i.e. to express the feeling of having erred.
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Original text and translations
Bible (Vulgate) Psalm 118 verse 176
Latin text
Erravi sicut ovis quae periit
English translation
I have gone astray as the sheep that is lost.