Erravi (Francisco Valls)

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• (Posted 2006-09-04)  CPDL #12499:        (Sibelius 2)

Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2006-09-04).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB   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

First published: 1742 in Mapa Armónico Práctico, no.  
Description: 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.

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.