O mors inevitabilis (Hieronymus Vinders)

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Title: O Mors Inevitabilis - Epithaphium Josquini
Composer: Hieronymus Vinders

Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: SATTTBB
Genre: Secular, Motet, Lament

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1545 in Septiesme livre contenant vingt-quatre chansons a cinq et six parties, no. 25
    2nd published: 1564 in Thesaurus Musicus (1564), Volume 2, no. 12
Description: Elegy for Josquin

Original text and translations

Latin text O mors inevitabilis, mors amara, mors crudelis, Josquin des Prez dum necasti, illum nobis abstulisti qui suam per harmoniam illustravit ecclesiam. Propterea tu musice, dic, requiescat in pace. Cantus firmus: Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei.

English translation O ineluctable death, bitter death, cruel death, when you killed Josquin Desprez, you took from us a man who, through his music, adorned the church. And therefore, O musician, say: May he rest in peace. Translation by Mick Swithinbank

German translation O unentrinnbarer Tod, bitterer Tod, grausamer Tod. Indem du Josquin des Prez dahingerafft, hast du uns beraubt um den, Der durch seine Harmonie die Kirche erleuchtet hat. Deshalb, du Musiker, sprich: "Er möge ruhen in Frieden".