Taedet animam meam (José de Torres)

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CPDL #29048:    Sibelius 5 

Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2013-05-06).   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: "Liro sacra hispana" edited by D. Hilarion Eslava, "Siglo XVIII, tomo 1, serie 1".

General Information

Title: Taedet animam meam
Composer: José de Torres

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: STTB.STTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: Not known

Description: An 8 part motet. The text has been edited to conform with the Vulgate, with changes shown in square brackets. The source is a 19th century musicologist, Eslava, notorious for adapting old works to contemporary taste. He describes the accompaniment as "Violón y contrabajo", but that may have been just his suggestion for performance. The original source probably included a figured bass.

External websites: Scanned copy of source on IMSLP.

Original text and translations

Latin text

The Bible: Job chapter 10, verses 1 to 7

Taedet animam meam vitae meae; dimittam adversum me eloquium meum, loquar in amaritudine animae meae. Dicam Deo: Noli me condemnare; indica mihi cur me ita judices. Numquid bonum tibi videtur, si calumnieris me, et opprimas me opus manuum tuarum, et consilium impiorum adjuves? Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt? aut sicut videt homo, et tu videbis? Numquid sicut dies hominis dies tui, et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora, ut quaeras iniquitatem meam, et peccatum meum scruteris, et scias quia nihil impium fecerim, cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit eruere.