O mors inevitabilis (Hieronymus Vinders)
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- CPDL #30487:
- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-11-02). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 117 kB Copyright: CPDL
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- CPDL #25378:
- Editor: David Millard (submitted 2012-01-14). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 57 kB Copyright: Personal
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- CPDL #06662: Finale 2000
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2004-02-09). Score information: A4 landscape, 3 pages, 140 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: O Mors Inevitabilis - Epithaphium Josquini
Composer: Hieronymus Vinders
Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: SATTTBB
Genre: Secular, Motet, Lament
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1545
Description: Elegy for Josquin
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O mors inevitabilis, mors amara, mors crudelis,
Josquin des Prez dum necasti, illum nobis abstulisti
qui suam per harmoniam illustravit ecclesiam.
Propterea tu musice, dic, requiescat in pace.
Cantus firmus: Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei.
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
O ineluctable death, bitter death, cruel death,
when you killed Josquin Desprez
you took from us a man who, through his music,
adorned the church.
And therefore, O musician, say: May he rest in peace.
German translation
O unentrinnbarer Tod, bitterer Tod, grausamer Tod.
Indem du Josquin des Prez dahingerafft, hast du uns beraubt um den,
Der durch seine Harmonie die Kirche erleuchtet hat.
Deshalb, du Musiker, sprich: "Er möge ruhen in Frieden".