Dum torqueretur beata Agatha (Giovanni Andrea Dragoni)

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• (Posted 2024-09-03)  CPDL #81805:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2024-09-03).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 253 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Dum torqueretur beata Agatha
Composer: Giovanni Andrea Dragoni
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Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1600 in Motectorum, quae quinque vocibus concinuntur, liber primus (Giovanni Andrea Dragoni), no. 15
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Original text and translations

Latin text Dum torqueretur beata Agatha in mamilla graviter dixit ad judicem: impie crudelis et dire tyranne, non es confusus amputare in femina quod ipse in matre suxisti.

English translation While the blessed Agatha was being tortured at her breast, she said to the judge: impiously cruel and infamous tyrant, you are not ashamed to cut off from a woman what you yourself sucked from your mother.