Qui Musicam colunt (Johann Walter)

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•  Posted on 2024-05-07(Posted 2024-05-07)  CPDL #80544:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2024-05-07).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A double edition: The two main voices are printed separately in mensural notation. The resolution of the Canon is printed as a semi-diplomatic score.

General Information

Title: Qui Musicam colunt
Composer: Johann Walter
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: AAAAB
Genre: Secular, Canon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1568 in Clemens Stephani: Liber secundus suavissimarum et iucundissimarum harmoniarum (Ulrich Neuber, Nürnberg), no. 1
Description: The first Canon in the 1568 Clement Stephani Collection "LIBER SECVNDVS. SVAVISSIMARVM ET IVCVNDISSIMARVM HARMONIARVM: QVINQVE ET QVATVOR VOCVM, EX DVABVS VOCIBVS..." The four upper Voices are a four-in-one Canon at the Unisone. The Fift Voice is an Ostinato-bass pattern.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Qui Müsicam colunt,
  in perpetuum, in perpetuum merito
  debent uiuere, debent uiuere.

VIuant fœliciter Budwigenses.
  VIuant fœliciter Thaborenses.
  VIuant fœliciter Brachodicenses.
  VIuant fœliciter et Pysenses.