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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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:'''Edition notes:''' Source: ''New Obrecht Edition'', vol. 16, ed. Chris Maas, KVVNM, 1996. Notation here is a minor third higher than the original with note values halved. Translation, text underlay, ''musica ficta'' and some alterations (see last page) by John Hetland and the Renaissance Street Singers. 24 Apr 2016 | :'''Edition notes:''' Source: ''New Obrecht Edition'', vol. 16, ed. Chris Maas, KVVNM, 1996. Notation here is a minor third higher than the original with note values halved. Translation, text underlay, ''musica ficta'' and some alterations (see last page) by John Hetland and the Renaissance Street Singers. 24 Apr 2016 | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Quis numerare queat''}} | |||
{{Composer|Jacob Obrecht}} | {{Composer|Jacob Obrecht}} | ||
{{Lyricist|}} | {{Lyricist|}} | ||
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{{Language|Latin}} | {{Language|Latin}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Pub|1|}} | {{Pub|1|1505|in {{NoComp|Motetti liber 4|Ottaviano Petrucci}}|no=6}} | ||
'''Description:''' A celebration of peace, or a truce, the actual occasion unknown. | '''Description:''' A celebration of peace, or a truce, the actual occasion unknown. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|Latin| | {{Text|Latin| | ||
Quis numeráre quéat bellórum séva perácta, | Quis numeráre quéat bellórum séva perácta, | ||
dámpna reférta mális inreparabílibus? | |||
Cénseat ípse bónus perpéssus tália, sed qui | Cénseat ípse bónus perpéssus tália, sed qui | ||
ílla síbi intúlerit cénseat ípse málus. | |||
Dícat quísque quod hec nóbis Déus ómnia fécit, | Dícat quísque quod hec nóbis Déus ómnia fécit, | ||
nóstris peccátis prémia dígna férens. | |||
Audiit ípse támen pópuli gémitus lachrymósos, | Audiit ípse támen pópuli gémitus lachrymósos, | ||
ad pácem vérsus, híncque misértus éi, | |||
pácem donávit e céli cúlmine tráctam, | pácem donávit e céli cúlmine tráctam, | ||
quam nec mortáles sic dáre suffícerent. | |||
Ergo ómnis pópulus nunc cum júbilo modulétur | Ergo ómnis pópulus nunc cum júbilo modulétur | ||
et Dómino láudes exímias réferat. | |||
Fúnde préces Gálle fundántque préces inimíci, | Fúnde préces Gálle fundántque préces inimíci, | ||
quéque es in térris nátio fúnde préces | |||
ad Dóminum, ut dáta pax sit duratúra per évum, | ad Dóminum, ut dáta pax sit duratúra per évum, | ||
néu módico léta témpore deínde gémas, | |||
múneris et tánti ne si sis ímmemor ípse | múneris et tánti ne si sis ímmemor ípse | ||
lóra tráhat, quáre pácis habéna cádat. | |||
Amen.}} | Amen.}} | ||
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{{Translation|English| | {{Translation|English| | ||
Who could count the cruel deeds of the wars, | Who could count the cruel deeds of the wars, | ||
the damage filled with irreparable evils? | |||
Let the good man himself count, who has suffered such things, | Let the good man himself count, who has suffered such things, | ||
but let the bad man count who himself has inflicted them on him. | |||
Anyone would say that God did all this to us, | Anyone would say that God did all this to us, | ||
bringing us the merited wages of sins. | |||
He himself, however, heard the tearful groans of the people, | He himself, however, heard the tearful groans of the people, | ||
turned to peace, and hence, pitying them, | |||
gave peace from the summit of heaven drawn, | gave peace from the summit of heaven drawn, | ||
which mortals would not be able so to give. | |||
Therefore let all the people sing for joy | Therefore let all the people sing for joy | ||
and give back extraordinary praises to the Lord. | |||
Pour prayers, Frenchman, and may the enemies pour prayers, | Pour prayers, Frenchman, and may the enemies pour prayers, | ||
and every nation on earth pour prayers | |||
to the Lord, that the given peace shall last forever, | to the Lord, that the given peace shall last forever, | ||
lest you be joyful a little while and then groan, | |||
and that if you be unmindful of so great a boon, he himself | and that if you be unmindful of so great a boon, he himself | ||
may draw the lash, whereby the rein of peace shall fall. | |||
Amen.}} | Amen.}} | ||
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- Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2016-07-14). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 1.55 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Source: New Obrecht Edition, vol. 16, ed. Chris Maas, KVVNM, 1996. Notation here is a minor third higher than the original with note values halved. Translation, text underlay, musica ficta and some alterations (see last page) by John Hetland and the Renaissance Street Singers. 24 Apr 2016
General Information
Title: Quis numerare queat
Composer: Jacob Obrecht
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1505 in Motetti liber 4, no. 6
Description: A celebration of peace, or a truce, the actual occasion unknown.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Latin text Quis numeráre quéat bellórum séva perácta, |
English translation Who could count the cruel deeds of the wars, |