Te spectant, Reginalde, poli (Orlando di Lasso)

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• CPDL #5900: Finale 2000

Editor: Sabine Cassola (added 2003-11-01).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 140 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Te spectant, Reginalde, poli
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Lassus composed this motet to be sung in the service for the reception in England of Cardinal Reginald Pole, on the first Sunday of Advent, 1554. Lassus was in England at this time, as was also Philippe de Monte, and both were probably present. In the first verse Lassus makes a wordplay between poli (heavens) and Pole (vocative of the Cardinal's latinized surname, Polus).

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Original text and translations

Latin text Te spectant, Reginalde, poli, tibi sidera rident, exsultant montes, personat Oceanus, Anglia dum plaudit quod faustos excutis ignes; elicis et lacrimas ex adamante suo.

English translation The heavens observe you, Reginald, the stars smile for you, the mountains exult, the ocean resounds, while England applauds, because you send forth auspicious fires and elicit tears from its diamond.