Vivere vis recte (Nicolas de Wismes)
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- (Posted 2020-06-27) CPDL #59380:
- Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2020-06-27). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 1.51 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed up a minor 3rd. Note values halved.
General Information
Title: Vivere vis recte
Composer: Nicolas de Wismes
Lyricist: Jacob Micylluscreate page
Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: SAATTBarB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1564 in Thesaurus Musicus (1564), Volume 3, no. 27
Description: Micyllus's Sylvarum libri quinque presents two poems under the title Confide et ama. The first, Confisus Domino, was set by Pinchon and by Lassus; both settings are included in Thesaurus musicus and feature the text Confide et ama ("trust and love", the motto of George of Austria (1505–1557), illegitimate son of Emperor Maximilan I and Prince-Bishop of Liège) as an ostinato. Vivere vis recte is the second poem, which was also set by Lechner (again with Confide et ama as an ostinato) and its first half by Dyricke Gerarde.
This piece also has Confide et ama as an ostinato, but here it is treated as a canon. In the source, the quintus (T2) part is marked "Canon", but the resolution to the canon (B1) is not provided. The bass part has a 2-flat key signature (before transposition); the other parts have one flat.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Vivere vis recte.