Vidi calumnias quae sub sole geruntur (Orlando di Lasso)
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CPDL #27282: LilyPond
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2012-10-07). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 124 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum Opus Musicum, 1604. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values. Editorial musica ficta above the noteheads. Midi files zipped.
General Information
Title: Vidi calumnias quae sub sole geruntur
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1594
Description: 2 part motet: Part two: Rursum contemplatus sum
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Vidi calumnias quae sub sole geruntur
et lacrimas innocentium et consolatorem neminem
nec posse resistere eorum violentiae cunctorum auxilio destitutos.
Et laudavi magis mortuos quam viventes,
et feliciorem utroque judicavi qui necdum natus est, nec vidit mala quae sub sole fiunt.
Rursum contemplatus sum omnes labores hominum,
et industrias animadverti patere invidiae proximi,
et in hoc ergo vanitas et cura superflua est.
(Ecclesiastes 4;1-4)