Plange quasi virgo (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• CPDL #3773: Finale-2001.
  

Editor: Fabrice Parmentier (added 2002-07-05).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 144 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Plange quasi virgo
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 6vv  Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Gesualdo, 1611

Description: Tenebrae Responses for Holy Saturday, Response no. 3

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Original text and translations

Original text:
Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea,
ululate, pastores, in cinere et cilicio
quia veniet dies Domini magna et amara valde.

Versus: Accingite vos, sacerdotes, et plangite, ministri altaris,
aspergite vos cinere.

[Quia veniet]