Veni dilecta mea (Nicolas Gombert)
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- (Posted 2019-02-22) CPDL #53362:
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2019-02-22). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 103 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the 1552 Gardano edition. Original note values.
General Information
Title: Veni dilecta mea
Composer: Nicolas Gombert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: STTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1552 in Motectorum quinque vocum liber secundus, Venice, Edition 2, no. 19
Description: A motet in honour of the Virgin Mary in two-parts. The Tenor sings the cantus firmus: Sancta Maria ora pro nobis in both parts, whereas the other 4 voices sing words of the Song of Songs.
I. Veni dilecta mea
II. Nigra sum sed formosa
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Veni dilecta mea, et ponam in te thronum meum,
quia concupivit rex speciem tuam.
Cantus firmus: Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.
Nigra sum sed formosa, filia Jerusalem,
ideo dilexit me rex et introduxit me in cubiculum suum.
Cantus firmus: Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.