Exsultet coelum mare (Orlando di Lasso)

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Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2014-11-26).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 103 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original pitch (high chiavette) and note-values.

General Information

Title: Exsultet coelum mare
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1571, Moduli quinis vocibus nunquam hactenus editi (Paris)

Description: Christmas hymn.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Exsultet coelum, mare, sol, luna et sidera,
quia fulgens clare Deus per omnia,
en jacet in cunabulis et pendet ad ubera,
concrepat vagitibus ipsa laetitia.

Potentia fit impotens, fit egens divitia,
et sitit atque esurit qui pascit omnia,
vexatur et algoribus qui vestit lilia,
immensus et innumerus fert infantilia.

Tenor cantus firmus:
Quis audivit talia, dic mirabilia.