Lætatus sum (Anton Gosswin)
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- Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2014-05-12). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 163 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The source (MusicXML) file is zipped
General Information
Title: Lætatus sum
Composer: Anton Gosswin
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1583 in Harmoniae miscellae cantionum sacrarum, no. 35
Description: The notes' values and the accidentals are as in the original edition. The 'musica ficta' suggestions are in the MIDI and the MusicXML files.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi,
in domum Domini ibimus,
stantes erant pedes nostri,
in atriis tuis Ierusalem,
Ierusalem quæ ædificatur ut civitas,
cuius participatio eius in idipsum,
illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini,
testimonium Israël,
ad confitendum nomini Domini,
quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicio,
sedes super domum David,
rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Ierusalem,
et abundantia diligentibus se (te),
fiat pax in virtute tua,
et abundantia in turribus tuis,
propter fratres meos et proximos meos,
loquebar pacem de te,
propter Domini Dei nostri,
quæsivi bona tibi.
(Ps. 122)