Decantabat Domini seraphim (Pietro Lappi)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2020-12-05). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 416 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for SSSSAATT or transposed down a fourth for SSAATTBB
General Information
Title: Decantabat Domini seraphim
Composer: Pietro Lappi
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Number of voices: 8vv Voicings: SSAT.SSAT or SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1607
Description: It is unclear what liturgical purpose this motet served. It appears to be a state encomium, or even a coronation anthem. (The copy held at Gdansk Library has been manually altered to replace "seraphim et seraphim" with"Wladislaus Sigismundus", but he cannot have been intended as the original subject of the piece. It is difficult to identify to whom the Venetian republic might have accorded the honour.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Decantabat Domino seraphim in hymnis |
English translation The Seraphim sang praises to the Lord in hymns (trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes) |