Lætare de uxore (Gallus Dreßler)

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• (Posted 2020-12-05)  CPDL #61824: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2020-12-05).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 326 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Lætare de uxore
Composer: Gallus Dreßler
Lyricist: Proverbs 5, 18,19^{create page}

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1570 in XC Cantiones, no. 6
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Original text and translations

Latin text Lætare de uxore adolescentæ tuæ. Sit illa tibi cerva carissima, et hinnulus gratissimus: ubera eius inebrient te, omni tempore; in amore eius delecteris iugiter.

English translation Rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe: let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and delight in her love continually. (trans. Geneva Bible)