Mors tua, mors Christi (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2018-01-08)  CPDL #48334:    (MIDI)    
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-01-08).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 109 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1585 print. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note-values.

General Information

Title: Mors tua, mors Christi
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Hieremiæ prophetæ lamentationes, et aliæ piæ cantiones, no. 3
    2nd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 222
Description: A motet in two parts:

  • 1. Mors tua, mors Christi
  • 2. Quicquid erit tandem

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Mors tua, mors Christi, fraus terrae, gloria coeli
et dolor inferni sunt meditanda tibi.
Vive diu sed vive Deo,
nam vivere mundo mortis opus.
Viva est vivere vita Deo.

Quicquid erit tandem mea spes est unica Christus,
huic vivo, huic moriar, caetera curo nihil,
Quid valet hic mundus? Quid gloria? Quidve triumphus?
Post miserum funus, pulvis et umbra sumus.