O altitudo divitiarum (Giaches de Wert)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-14). Score information: Letter, 11 pages, 172 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes:
- Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2015-06-19). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 1.23 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Published in 1581 in Venice. Our source: Giaches de Wert: Collected Works, ed. C. MacClintock and M. Bernstein, CMM xxiv (1961-77). Notation here is a tone higher than original with time values halved, but quartered in the final section (6/4 here). Text standardized as per Biblia Vulgata. Translation and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers. 29 Dec 2012
General Information
Title: O altitudo divitiarum
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Source of text: Romans 11:33-36
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1581 in Modulationum cum sex vocibus liber primus, no. 3
Description: This Epistle is assigned to OT 212A. Paul has just explained to the Romans that God has consigned everyone to disobedience, that he may have mercy on them. His next words, the text of this motet, marvel at the inscrutability of God's ways.
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Original text and translations
Latin text O altitúdo divitiárum |
English translation O the height of riches |