Rex autem David (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)
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- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2020-12-30). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 101 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Rex autem David
Composer: Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: STTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1564 in Thesaurus Musicus (1564), Volume 5, no. 3
Description: Source: Thesaurus Musicus ... published by Johann vom Berg & Ulrich Neuber, Nuremberg 1564
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Rex autem David operto capite,
incedens, lugebat filium suum:
Absalon fili mi quis mihi det ut ego moriar pro te,
Absolon fili mi, Absalon fili mi?
Planxit autem David super Ionatham, dicens:
doleo super te frater mi Ionatha,
frater mi amabilis valde super amorem mulierum,
sicut mater unicum amat filium suum,
ita ego te diligebam, inclyti Israel flete.