Iam mundi linque vana (Orazio Vecchi)
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- Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2020-10-31). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 125 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Iam mundi linque vana
Composer: Orazio Vecchi
Lyricist: Simone Molinaro ?
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1610 in Fatiche Spirituali, Book 1, no. 6
Description: This is a contrafact of Vecchi's "Deh lascia Filli i fiori" by Simone Molinaro. Molinaro did not simply fit a sacred text to the music, but transposed it down a fifth, altered the octave for two voices, interchanged some sections between voices, and made some minor adjustments.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Iam mundi linque vana |
German translation Lass fahren nun die Eitelkeiten der Welt,
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English translation Relinquish now the vanities of the world,
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