Rex autem David (lament for Absalon) (Mathieu Gascongne)
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- (Posted 2018-01-01) CPDL #48258:
- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2018-01-01). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 56 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch, modern clefs, note values halved.
General Information
Title: Rex autem David (lament for Absalon)
Composer: Mathieu Gascongne
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: STTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1520 in Motetti e canzone libro primo (Andrea Antico), no. 11
2nd published: 1521 in Motetti liber quarto (Antico), no. 15
Manuscript 1522 in Biblioteca Capitolare di Padua MS A.17, no. 116
3rd published: 1535 in Motettorum, Book 11 (Pierre Attaignant), no. 24
4th published: 1539 in Motteti del Fiore quartus liber cum quatuor vocibus (Jacques Moderne), no. 4
Description: The original clefs were C2, C4, C4, F4.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Rex autem David cooperto capite incedens
lugebat filium suum dicens:
Absalon fili mi, quis mihi det ut ego moriar pro te,
fili mi Absalon.