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Editor: Diana Thompson (submitted 2008-08-17). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 60 kB Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Astiterunt reges terrae
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gesualdo, 1611

Description: Response no. 7 of the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday

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Original text and translations may be found at Astiterunt reges terrae.

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 ==Original text and translations==
-{{Text|Latin}}
+{{LinkText|Astiterunt reges terrae}}
-Astiterunt reges terrae,<br>
-et principes convenerunt in unum,<br>
-adversus Dominum et adversus Christum eius.<br>
-''Versus'': Quare fremuerunt gentes,<br>
-et populi meditati sunt inania?<br>
-[Adversus Dominum]
-''Source'': Vulgate, Psalms 2<BR>
-These lines from Psalm 2 are also quoted verbatim in the New
-Testament at Acts 4:25-26. Note that the sequence of the lines in the musical text as quoted
-here is different from the biblical order.
-{{Translation|English}}
-''Translation supplied by Paul Pascal, Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Washington''<BR>
-The kings of the earth set themselves,<br>
-and the rulers take counsel together,<BR>
-against the Lord, and against his anointed.<BR>
-<BR>
-''Verses'': Why do the heathen rage,<BR>
-and the people imagine a vain thing?
-(translation based on the King James version; one might wish to change their
-"vain thing" to the plural, as in the Latin)
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