Lugebat David Absalon (Nicolas Gombert)
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- Editor: Ben Cunningham (submitted 2016-03-03). Score information: A4, 19 pages, 189 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: An edition for SSAATTBB forces. All editorial ficta are clearly marked above the stave.
- CPDL #10983: Finale 2005
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2006-02-15). Score information: Letter (landscape), 26 pages, 466 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Latin text and English translation included. Edition and performance notes included.
General Information
Title: Lugebat David Absalon
Composer: Nicolas Gombert
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: ATBB.ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Lament
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published:
Description: This motet for men's voices in two parts is now generally accepted as being composed by Gombert. Early sources listing the motet as being by Josquin des Prez are surely erroneous, perhaps because of an oft-repeated penchant by publishers to cash in on the popularity of a particular composer, as the number of parts and compositional style are entirely out of character for the work to be by Josquin. The music for the Prima pars of the present motet is nearly identical with the music of Gombert's Je prens congie, and it also enjoyed popularity in its own time with the (poorly fitted) Easter text Tulerunt Dominum meum.
- Prima pars: Lugebat David Absalon
- Secunda pars: Porro rex operuit caput suum
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Text and translations
Latin text Prima pars |
English translation Prima Pars |