O mors quam amara est (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2016-10-01)  CPDL #41297: 

Original key (high chiavette):   (MIDI)  

Transposed down a fourth:   (MIDI)   - Alto parts in transposed violin clef.

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2016-10-01).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 136 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Selectissimae cantiones, 1568, text underlay corrected on the basis of 1579 edition. Original note-values.

General Information

Title: O mors quam amara est
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Sirach 41:1-4^{create page}

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1564 in Primus liber concentuum sacrorum, no.  
    2nd published: 1568 in Selectissimae cantiones, no. 1.21
    3rd published: 1568 in Novi thesauri musici (Pietro Giovannelli), Liber 3, no. 51

Description: 2-part motet:

• 1. O mors quam amara est
• 2. O mors bonum est judicium tuum

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Original text and translations

See also German & English at O Tod, wie bitter bist du (Johannes Brahms).

Latin text O mors quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis viro quieto, et cujus vitae directae sunt in omnibus et adhuc valenti accipere cibum. O mors bonum est judicium tuum homini indigenti et qui minoratur viribus, defecta aetate, et cui de omnibus cura est et incredibili qui perdit sapientiam.

Hungarian translation Oh halál! mely keserves a te emlékezeted azon embernek, ki békeségben él javaival, a nyugalomban élő férfiúnak, kinek útai mindenben szerencsések, és a ki jóízűen ehetik. Oh halál! jó a te itéleted a szűkölködő embernek, és annak, ki megfogyatkozott erejében, elgyengűlt öregségében, és a kinek mindenre nézve gondja van, és a bizalmatlannak, ki elveszti a bölcsességet.