Fundamenta tenet mundi (Michael Praetorius)

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• (Posted 2021-12-05)  CPDL #67023:         

Editor: Ulrich Alpers (submitted 2021-12-05).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 183 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: With second part, 'Pax ergo'.

• (Posted 2010-05-12)  CPDL #21500:   

Editor: Katharina Bäuml (submitted 2010-04-21).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 89 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: With second part, 'Pax ergo'.

• (Posted 2009-03-06)  CPDL #19004:     

Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2009-03-06).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 180 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: No bar lines. First part only.

General Information

Title: Fundamenta tenet mundi
Composer: Michael Praetorius

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1607 in Musarum Sioniarum, no. 13
Description: secunda pars: Pax ergo vestras

Original text and translations

Latin text Fundamenta tenet mundi concordia, vinclum hoc aufer coelum corruet atque solum: Sic nisi conjugibus nectat concordia mentes, nulla salus thalamo, nulla futura domo. Pax ergo vestras circumcirca ambiat aedes, o sponsi, et rixas arceat inde procul, Suaviter ut socio vivit cum turture turtur, vivatis placidos, et sine lite dies.

English translation Harmony is the foundation of the world: remove this bond and the heavens will fall and the solid ground give way: so unless the minds of the spouses are joined in harmony the marriage bed will not be blessed; the home will have no future. Translation by Mick Swithinbank