Quam magnificata sunt (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2017-01-29)  CPDL #42858: 

Original key (high chiavette):   (MIDI)    

Transposed down a minor third:   (MIDI)  

Transposed down a fourth:   (MIDI)   - Alto in octave transposed violin clef.

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2017-01-29).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 129 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum opus musicum. Original note-values.

General Information

Title: Quam magnificata sunt
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1564 in Thesaurus Musicus (1564), Volume 3, no. 9
    2nd published: 1565 in Perornatae sacrae cantiones liber secundus, no. 9
    3rd published: 1579 in Selectissimae cantiones 1579, no. 25
    4th published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 420
Description: 2-part motet.

Parts in this work

1. Quam magnificata sunt

2. Beatus homo

Original text and translations

Latin text

Quam magnificata sunt opera tua, Domine,
nimis profundae factae sunt cogitationes tuas.
Vir insipiens non cognoscet
et stultus non intelliget haec. (Ps. 91;6-7)

Beatus homo quem tu erudieris, Domine,
et de lege tua docueris eum. (Ps. 93;12)