Fratres sobrii estote (Orlando di Lasso)

Music files

L E G E N D

Disclaimer

How to download

ICON	SOURCE
	Pdf
	Midi
	MusicXML
	LilyPond
	File details
	Help

• (Posted 2019-09-12)  CPDL #55329:       

Editor: Aristotle Aure Esguerra (submitted 2019-09-12).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 222 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1579 print; clefs modernized; range indicators added; note values halved; musica ficta above noteheads; editorial accidentals in square brackets.

• (Posted 2014-10-09)  CPDL #33107:        

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2014-10-09).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum opus musicum. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note-values.

General Information

Title: Fratres sobrii estote
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1569 in Sacrarum cantionum quatuor vocum, Liber 2, no. 6
    2nd published: 1572 in Moduli 4-8vv, no. 15
    3rd published: 1579 in Altera pars selectissimarum cantionum, no. 70
    4th published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 73
Description: I Peter 5:8-9

Original text and translations

Latin text Fratres, sobrii estote et vigilate, quia adversarius vester, diabolus tamquam leo rugiens circuit quaerens quem devoret, cui resistite fortes in fide.

English translation Brethren, be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. Whom Resist, steadfast in the Faith.