Recordare Domine (Adrian Willaert)

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  • (Posted 2018-11-22)  CPDL #52198:    (MIDI)    
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-11-22).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 173 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1559 print. Original pitch (low chiavette) and note values.

General Information

Title: Recordare Domine
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TBarBB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1559 in Musica nova, no. 1.04
Description: The piece has a very low tessitura.

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Original text and translations

The text is part of Oratio Jeremiae.

Latin.png Latin text

Recordare Domine quid acciderit nobis,
intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum.
Haereditas nostra versa est ad alienos,
domus nostrae ad extraneos.
Pupilli facti sumus absque patre,
matres nostrae quasi viduae.
Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus,
ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.

Patres nostri peccaverunt et non sunt,
et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.
Servi dominati sunt nostri,
non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum.
Converte nos Domine ad te et convertemur,
innova dies nostros sicut in principio,
et ne in aeternum obliviscaris nos,
Domine Deus noster.