Obsecro vos fratres (Giaches de Wert)

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• (Posted 2018-09-29)  CPDL #51396: 

Original key (high chiavette):   (MIDI)     - Bass in octave transposed violin clef.

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

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-09-29).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 175 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1581 print. Original note values.

General Information

Title: Obsecro vos fratres
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist: Romans 12;1-2

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 in Il secondo libro de motetti a cinque voci, no. 5
    2nd published: 1583 in Modulationum sacrarum quinque et sex vocum libri tres in unum volumen redacti, no. 14

Description: 

Original text and translations

Latin text Obsecro vos, fratres, per misericordiam Dei, ut exhibeatis corpora vestra hostiam viventem, sacram, Deo placentem, rationabile obsequium vestrum. Nolite conformari huic saeculo, sed reformamini in novitate sensus vestri, ut probetis quae sit voluntas Dei: bona, beneplacens et perfecta.

English translation I beseech you, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and the acceptable and the perfect will of God.

Hungarian translation Kérlek benneteket, testvérek, Isten irgalmasságára, hogy adjátok testeteket élő, szent, Istennek tetsző áldozatul. Ez legyen a ti ésszerű istentiszteletetek. Ne szabjátok magatokat e világhoz, hanem alakuljatok át értelmetek megújításával, hogy felismerjétek, mi az Isten akarata, mi a jó, neki kedves és tökéletes.