O mors inevitabilis (Hieronymus Vinders)

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• CPDL #30487:  (Finale 2008)

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

Edition notes: Original note values and mensuration.

• 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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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.   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".

English translation 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. Translation by Mick Swithinbank